500 Dollars, National Bank Note, United States, ca 1865
date: label: date made
content: 1865
label: date made
content: 1865
name: label: issuing bank
content: Appleton National Bank of Lowell
label: maker
content: National Bank Note Company
label: maker
content: Bureau of Engraving and Printing
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) 500 dollar note
label: Description (Brief)
content: United States, 1865
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: At left, a female figure representing the Spirit of the Navy sitting by an anchor with a ship in the background. At right, the arrival of the steamship Sirius in New York harbor.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: NATIONAL CURRENCY. / THIS NOTE IS SECURED BY BONDS OF THE UNITED STATES DEPOSITED WITH THE U.S. TREASURER AT WASHINGTON / REGISTER OF THE TREASURY / TREASURER OF THE UNITED STATES / LOWELL, MAY 10TH 1865 / THE APPLETON NATIONAL BANK OF LOWELL WILL PAY FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS TO BEARER ON DEMAND / MASSACHUSETTS / NATIONAL BANK NOTE CO. NEW YORK / 986 / A 206 / M16428 / ARRIVAL OF THE SIRIUS, 1838
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: The surrender of General Burgoyne.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: 500 / SURRENDER OF GENL. BURGOYNE. / ENGD. BY THE NATIONAL BANK NOTE CO. N.Y. / D / NATIONAL CURRENCY / THIS NOTE IS RECIVABLE AT PAR IN ALL PARTS OF THE UNITED STATES, IN PAYMENT OF ALL TAXES AS EXCISES AND ALL OTHER DUES TO THE UNITED STATES EXCEPT DUTIES ON IMPORTS, AND ALSO FOR ALL SALARIES AND OTHER DEBTS AND DEMANDS OWING BY THE UNITED STATES TO INDIVIDUALS, CORPORATIONS & ASSOCIATIONS WITHIN THE UNITED STATES, EXCEPT INTEREST ON PUBLIC DEBT. / COUNTERFEITING OR ALTERING THIS NOTE, OR PASSING ANY COUNTERFEIT OR ALTERATION OF IT, OR HAVING IN POSSESSION ANY FALSE OR COUNTERFEIT PLATE OR IMPRESSION OF IT, OR ANY PAPER MADE IN IMITATION OF THE PAPER ON WHICH IT IS PRINTED, IS FELONY, AND IS PUNISHABLE BY $1,000 FINE OR FIFTEEN YEARS IMPRISONMENT AT HARD LABOR OR BOTH. / MASSACHUSETTS
label: Description
content: In 1863 the U.S. issued its first national notes and decided to feature historically themed paintings from the Capitol Rotunda on the reverse. The paintings were shrunk from their original size of twelve by eight feet to a mere four-and-a-half by two-and-a-half inches, but maintained the detail and quality of the paintings. This decision converted national treasures into national currency.
label: Description
content: John Trumbull painted four of the eight paintings in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda. His paintings <i>Surrender of General Burgoyne</i> and <i>Declaration of Independence</i> are featured on the reverse of the first 100 dollar and 500 dollar national notes.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
label: place issued
content: United States: Massachusetts, Lowell
label: Associated Place
content: United States
topic: label: web subject
content: Steamships
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content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
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content: National Bank Notes
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Feingold, Ellen R.. Value of Money, The
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.78.5.354
label: catalog number
content: 78.5.354
label: accession number
content: 1978.0941
label: serial number
content: M16428
objectType: label: Object Name
content: note
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7.5 cm x 18.3 cm x .01 cm; 2 15/16 in x 7 7/32 in x in