10 Cents, Fractional Currency, United States, ca 1874
date: label: date made
content: ca 1874
name: label: maker
content: Bureau of Engraving and Printing
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) 10 cent modified note
label: Description (Brief)
content: United States, ca 1874
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: Man with nightgown and glasses drawn on him.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: FRACTIONAL CURRENCY / 10 / UNITED STATES / X CENTS / I / SERIES OF 1874 / 42 / WILLIAM M. MERE / ENGRAVED AND PRINTED AT THE BUREAU, ENGRAVING & PRINTING / TREASURER / REGISTER
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: Geometric design in green ink.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: FRACTIONAL CURRENCY / TEN CENTS / ACT OF JUNE 30TH 1864 / COLUMBIAN BANK NOTE CO. / WASHINGTON, D.C. / X / THIS NOTE IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR UNITED STATES NOTES BY THE ASSISTANT TREASURERS AND DESIGNATED DEPOSITARIES OF THE UNITED STATES IN SUMS NOT LESS THAN THREE DOLLARS. RECEIVABLE IN PAYMENT OF ALL DUES TO THE UNITED STATES LESS THAN FIVE DOLLARS, EXCEPT CUSTOMS.
label: Description
content: Portraits on paper notes are easy targets for satire. This example of fractional currency, a paper note worth less than one dollar, features the portrait of William M. Meredith, secretary of the U.S. Treasury from 1849 to 1850. With ink pen, Meredith has been transformed into a less dignified figure.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
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content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: The Chase Manhattan Bank
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: NU.79.112.CM01831C.03
label: accession number
content: 1979.1263
label: catalog number
content: 79.112.CM01831C.03
objectType: label: Object Name
content: modified note
label: Object Name
content: fractional currency
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5.4 cm x 8.3 cm x .01 cm; 2 1/8 in x 3 9/32 in x in