20 Dollars, Compound Interest Treasury Note, United States, 1864
date: label: date made
content: 1864
name: label: maker
content: Bureau of Engraving and Printing
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) 20 dollar note
label: Description (Brief)
content: United States, 1864
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: Female allegory representing Victory at left. Bust of Abraham Lincoln at right. At bottom center is a small cannon.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: 20 / LEGAL TENDER FOR TWENTY DOLLARS / TREASURY DEPARTMENT / TREASURY NOTE. / THREE YEARS AFTER DATE THE UNITED STATES WILL PAY THE BEARER TWENTY DOLLARS WITH INTEREST AT THE RATE OF SIX PER CENT PER ANNUM COMPOUNDED SEMI-ANNUALLY. / COMPOUND INTEREST TREASURY NOTE / WASHINGTON, AUG. 15, 1864. / 52235 / ACT OF JUNE 30TH. 1864 / GOD AND OUR RIGHT / IN GOD IS OUR TRUST
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: Geometric design.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: 20 / BY ACT OF CONGRESS THIS NOTE IS A LEGAL TENDER FOR TWENTY DOLLARS BUT BEARS INTEREST AT SIX PER CENT COMPOUNDED EVERY SIX MONTHS, THOUGH PAYABLE ONLY AT MATURITY AS FOLLWS: / SIX MONTHS INTEREST .60 NOTE WORTH 20.60 / ONE YEAR " 1.22 " 21.22 / 18 MONTHS " 1.85 " 21.85 / TWO YEARS " 2.51 " 22.51 / 30 MONTHS " 3.19 " 23.19 / THREE YEARS " 3.88 " 23.88 / THIS SUM $23.88 WILL BE PAID THE HOLDER FOR PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST AT MATURITY OF NOTE THREE YEARS FROM DATE.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
label: See more items in
content: Compound Interest Treasury Notes
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Chase Manhattan
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: NU.79.112.CM0069
label: catalog number
content: 79.112.CM0069
label: accession number
content: 1979.1263
label: collector/donor number
content: CM0069
label: serial number
content: 52235
objectType: label: Object Name
content: note
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8.6 cm x 19.3 cm x .01 cm; 3 3/8 in x 7 19/32 in x in