Proof sheet for $50-100 of the Bankers World's Fair National Bank of St. Louis, Missouri. 1904.
date: label: date made
content: 1904
name: label: maker
content: Bureau of Engraving and Printing
notes: label: Description
content: National bank note proof from the Bankers World's Fair National Bank of Saint Louis, Missouri, $50-100. Charter number 7179. The $50 note features the portrait of John Sherman, Secretary of the Treasury from 1877 to 1881, and Secretary of State from 1897 to 1898. The $100 note depicts John J. Knox, Comptroller of the Currency from 1872 to 1884. This bank was chartered on May 21, 1904. It liquidated on December 15, 1904. The bankers organized this bank on the occasion of the World's Fair in Saint Louis, and then changed their minds about issuing notes for this bank. The notes were returned to the Treasury. There are no notes known among collectors for this bank.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
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content: Coins, Currency and Medals
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: NNC.297219.00575
label: accession number
content: 297219
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Proof sheet
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall:: 18.1 cm x 20.1 cm; 7 1/8 in x 7 15/16 in