10 Dollars, National Bank Note, United States, 1864
date: label: date made
content: 1864
name: label: issuing bank
content: National Hide and Leather Bank of Boston
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) 10 dollar note
label: Description (Brief)
content: United States, 1864
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: At left, Benjamin Franklin drawing electricity from the sky with a kite and key. At right, Liberty with a lightning bolt in hand, seated on a flying eagle.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: 10 / TEN / X / NATIONAL CURRENCY. / B / D22931 / THIS NOTE IS SECURED BY BONDS OF THE UNITED STATES DEPOSITED WITH THE U.S. TREASURER AT WASHINGTON. / 460 / THE NATIONAL HIDE AND LEATHER BANK OF BOSTON WILL PAY TEN DOLLARS TO BEARER ON DEMAND. / MASSACHUSETTS. / 11950 / BOSTON, MASS. / JUNE 8TH 1864
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: DeSoto discovering the Mississippi in 1541, a painting by W.H. Powell, engraved by Frederick Girsch.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: NATIONAL CURRENCY / 10 / US / MASSACHUSETTS. ENSE PETIT PLACIDAM SUB LIBERTATE QUIETEM. / DE SOTO DISCOVERING THE MISSISSIPPI. / THIS NOTE IS RECEIVABLE AT PAR IN ALL PARTS OF THE UNITED STATES IN PAYMENT OF ALL TAXES AND EXCISES AND ALL OTHER DUES TO THE UNITED STATES EXCEPT DUTIES ON IMPORTS AND ALSO FOR ALL SALARIES AND OTHER DEBTS AND DEMANDS OWING BY THE UNITED STATES TO INDIVIDUALS CORPORATIONS & ASSOCIATIONS WITHIN THE UNITED STATES EXCEPT INTEREST ON PUBLIC DEBT. / COUNTERFEITING OR ALTERING THIS NOTE OR PASSING ANY COUNTERFEIT OR ALTERATION OF IT, OR HAVING IN POSSESSION ANY FALSE OR COUNTERFEIT PLATE OR IMPRESSION OF IT, OR ANY PAPER MADE IN IMITATION OF THE PAPER ON WHICH IT IS PRINTED IS FELONY AND IS PUNISHABLE BY $1,000 FINE OR 15 YEARS IMPRISONMENT AT HARD LABOR OR BOTH.
label: Description (Brief)
content: General Information: National Bank Note. First charter period. Charter number 460.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
label: place issued
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
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content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
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content: National Bank Notes
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Chase Manhattan
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1979.1263.02195
label: catalog number
content: 1979.1263.02195
label: accession number
content: 1979.1263
label: serial number
content: 11950
label: serial number
content: D22931
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Bank Note
label: Object Name
content: note
label: Other Terms
content: Bank Note; 1864 06 08
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: red (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7.5 cm x 18 cm x .01 cm; 2 15/16 in x 7 3/32 in x in