Proof sheet for $5-5-5-5 of the Citizens’ National Bank of Washington, DC, 1891
date: label: date made
content: 1885
label: date made
content: 1896
label: date made
content: 1893
label: date made
content: 1891
notes: label: Description
content: National bank note proof of the Citizens’ National Bank of Washington, DC, Charter 1893. $5-5-5-5, 1891. The image on the left is President James Garfield who was assassinated in 1881 seven months after he was elected. This bank moved from Hagerstown, Maryland to Washington, D.C. in 1874. It is one of fewer than a half dozen national banks that moved to a different jurisdiction. It was chartered on October 18, 1871 as the Citizens’ National Bank of Hagerstown and relocated on May 1, 1874. The bank liquidated on November 7, 1904. There are seven notes known among collectors for this bank in its D.C. location, and none known from the period when it was in Maryland.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: California, San Francisco
label: place made
content: United States: District of Columbia, Washington
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content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
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content: Coins, Currency and Medals
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: NNC.297219.00539
label: accession number
content: 297219
label: catalog number
content: NU*297219.00539
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Proof sheet
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 34.4 cm x 20.4 cm; 13 9/16 in x 8 1/16 in