Proof sheet for $10-10-10-20 of the FNB of West Palm Beach, FL, 1922
date: label: Date made
content: 1917
name: label: issuing authority
content: FNB of West Palm Beach, FL
notes: label: Description
content: This proof sheet for $10-10-10-20 national bank notes was approved on March 28, 1922 by the Director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. When the Aldrich-Vreeland Act expired in June 1915, the legend "Secured by United States bonds deposited with the Treasurer of the United States" was supposed to be reinstated at the top of the faces for national bank notes as shown here. However, this proof sheet illustrates an interesting variation where the bank paid the BEP to engrave the names of the two bank officials on the plate that produced this sheet. This enabled H.L. Donald and J.L. Griffin, apparently the cashier and the bank president respectively, to dispense with the honor of signing their notes when they were delivered to the bank.
label: Description
content: Don Kelly in the third edition of his book National Bank Notes(1997) reports that this bank was chartered in September 1917 and was liquidated in February 1924. There are two known examples of large size notes among collectors of national bank notes for this bank.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: Florida, West Palm Beach
label: Associated Place
content: United States: Florida, West Palm Beach
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content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
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content: Coins, Currency and Medals
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: U.S. Department of the Treasury. Bureau of Engraving and Printing
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: NNC.297219.45
label: accession number
content: 297219
label: catalog number
content: NU*297219.45
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Certified Proof
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 13 1/2 in x 8 in; 34.29 cm x 20.32 cm