10 Dollars, Bank of the United States, United States, 1831
date: label: date made
content: 1831
notes: label: Description
content: This ten dollar note was issued by the Bank of the United States in 1831 in Philadelphia and it reads "The President of the Bank of the United States promises to pay C.S. Towell or bearer on demand ten dollars.” Although made of paper this is not cash, it actually represents a promise to pay a debt. In addition to script and images that represent the Republic this private bank note is also adorned with the signature of Nicholas Biddle, then president of the Bank of United States.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
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content: American Enterprise
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content: Coins, Currency and Medals
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Chase Manhattan Bank
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1979.1263.02174
label: accession number
content: 1979.1263
label: collector/donor number
content: CM00561
label: catalog number
content: 79.112.CM00561
objectType: label: Object Name
content: note
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 cm x 17.5 cm x .01 cm; 2 3/4 in x 6 7/8 in x in