Object Details
- Description
- 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.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Chase Manhattan Bank
- 1831
- ID Number
- 1979.1263.02174
- accession number
- 1979.1263
- collector/donor number
- CM00561
- catalog number
- 79.112.CM00561
- Object Name
- note
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 7 cm x 17.5 cm x .01 cm; 2 3/4 in x 6 7/8 in x in
- place made
- United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
- American Enterprise
- Coins, Currency and Medals
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1455685
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-fde0-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
