10 Dollars, Demand Note, United States, 1861
date: label: date made
content: 1861
name: label: depicted
content: Lincoln, Abraham
label: maker
content: American Bank Note Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) 10 dollar note
label: Description (Brief)
content: United States, 1861
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: Bust of Abraham Lincoln at the left. Eagle with a shield in center. Allegorical representation of Art at right.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: AMERICAN BANKNOTE CO. NEW YORK / WASHINGTON AUGUST 10TH, 1861. / A / 10 / ON DEMAND, THE UNITED STATES PROMISE TO PAY TO THE BEARER TEN DOLLARS / PATENTED 30 JUNE 1857. / ACT OF JULY 17, 1861 / NO. 49557 / SERIES 5. / PAYABLE BY THE ASST. TREASURER OF THE U.S. AT NEW YORK / RECEIVABLE IN PAYMENT OF ALL PUBLIC DUES.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: A star in a circle at each of the corners. A grid of X's create the background.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: TEN DOLLARS / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / X / 10 / TEN
label: Description
content: This ten-dollar “greenback,” given this name because of the fraud-deterrent green ink on the back of the bill, features Abraham Lincoln and was redeemable for coinage. Demand notes, like this one, were released in August 1861, the first time government paper money was issued since the Revolutionary War. Although this money was distributed by the government, it was made by the American Bank Note Company, the same company that produced private bank notes.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
label: Associated Place
content: United States
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content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
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content: Demand Notes
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: U.S. Department of the Treasury
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: NU.78.5.092
label: catalog number
content: 78.5.092
label: accession number
content: 1978.0941
label: serial number
content: 49557
objectType: label: Object Name
content: note
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 cm x 18.4 cm x .01 cm; 3 5/32 in x 7 1/4 in x in