Sample American Express Credit Card, United States, 1963
date: label: date made
content: 1963
label: Associated Date
content: 1963
name: label: maker
content: American Express Company
notes: label: Description
content: American Express was founded in 1850 in order to transport goods the U.S. Postal Service would not deliver. By the end of the Civil War, there were over nine hundred American Express offices in ten states. In the 1880s the company expanded into financial services with money orders, and in the 1890s they began offering Traveler’s Cheques. The financial services offered by the company eventually became its mainstay, and American Express offered its first charge card in 1958 in order to compete with Diners’ Club.
place: label: place made
content: United States
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
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content: Coins, Currency and Medals
label: Exhibition
content: Value of Money
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: American Express Company
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: NU.NU81082.1
label: catalog number
content: NU81082.1
label: accession number
content: 252886
label: serial number
content: 78 9
objectType: label: Object Name
content: credit card
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5.4 cm x 8.6 cm x .2 cm; 2 1/8 in x 3 3/8 in x 3/32 in