1 Dollar, Legal Tender Note, United States, 1862
date: label: Date made
content: 1862
name: label: maker
content: National Bank Note Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) dollar note
label: Description (Brief)
content: United States, 1862
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: Bust of Salmon P. Chase at left.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: ACT OF JULY 11TH 1862. / SERIES 249 / 72815 / THE UNITED STATES WILL PAY THE BEARER ONE DOLLAR AT THE TREASURY IN NEW YORK / WASHINGTON / AUGUST 1ST. 1862. / NATIONAL BANK NOTE COMPANY / PATENTED APRIL 23RD. 1860.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: Geometric designs around text.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: ONE / 1 / THIS NOTE IS A LEGAL TENDER FOR ALL DEBTS PUBLIC AND PRIVATE EXCEPT DUTIES ON IMPORTS AND INTEREST ON THE PUBLIC DEBT; AND IS RECEIVABLE IN PAYMENT OF ALL LOANS MADE TO THE UNITED STATES / C
label: Description (Brief)
content: General Information: These notes are often termed Legal Tender Notes, and they were named United States Notes by the First Legal Tender Act.
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: Legal Tender Notes
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: The Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1979.1263.02182
label: serial number
content: 72815
label: accession number
content: 1979.1263
label: accession number
content: 1979.1263
label: catalog number
content: 1979.1263.02182
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Legal Tender
label: Object Name
content: note
label: Other Terms
content: Legal Tender; 0249 00 00
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: red (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7.95 cm x 19.2 cm x .01 cm; 3 1/8 in x 7 9/16 in x in