National Bank Note

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A National Bank Note was a type of U.S. paper currency issued by federally chartered national banks and backed by U.S. government bonds during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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Generate an image of National Bank Note (A National Bank Note was a type of U.S. paper currency issued by federally chartered national banks and backed by U.S. government bonds during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.)

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10,000-dollar note 1
National Bank Note canonical 1
National Bank Notes 1

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf banknote ⓘ
type of United States paper currency ⓘ
backedBy U.S. government bonds ⓘ
backedByMechanism deposit of U.S. government bonds with the U.S. Treasury ⓘ
backLanguage English ⓘ
circulationPeriod early 20th century ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ
collectibleFeature historical bank titles and locations ⓘ
low surviving populations for some banks ⓘ
variety of issuing banks ⓘ
collectibleStatus highly collectible among numismatists ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
denominationType fixed denominations ⓘ
designFeature charter number of the issuing bank printed on the note ⓘ
name of the issuing national bank printed on the note ⓘ
portrait of a notable historical figure ⓘ
signatures of bank officers ⓘ
vignettes and allegorical scenes ⓘ
firstSeriesYear 1863 ⓘ
formatChange switched to small-size notes in 1929 ⓘ
introducedBy National Banking Act of 1863 ⓘ
introducedInPeriod American Civil War era ⓘ
linked to: American Civil War
introducedInYear 1863 ⓘ
issueEnded 1935 ⓘ
issuerType federally chartered national banks ⓘ
largeSizeDimensionRelation larger than modern U.S. currency ⓘ
lastNotesRedeemedBy U.S. Treasury ⓘ
laterSeriesYear 1875 ⓘ
1882 ⓘ
1902 ⓘ
1908 ⓘ
1915 ⓘ
1929 ⓘ
legalTenderStatus legal tender for all debts except customs duties and interest on the public debt ⓘ
monetaryRole component of the U.S. national currency system in the late 19th and early 20th centuries ⓘ
obsolescenceCause establishment of the Federal Reserve System ⓘ
introduction of Federal Reserve Notes ⓘ
obverseLanguage English ⓘ
phaseOutBegan 1913 ⓘ
primaryPurpose to create a uniform national currency ⓘ
redeemableIn lawful money of the United States ⓘ
regulatedBy Office of the Comptroller of the Currency ⓘ
relatedTo National Banking Act of 1864 ⓘ
replacedBy Federal Reserve Note ⓘ
secondaryPurpose to provide a market for U.S. government bonds ⓘ
securityFeature intricate engraving ⓘ
serial numbers ⓘ
specialized paper ⓘ
smallSizeDimensionRelation same general size as modern U.S. currency ⓘ
supervisedBy U.S. Treasury ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United States banknote series → formerDenomination → 10,000-dollar note ⓘ
linked to: National Bank Note
United States banknote series → includesFormerType → National Bank Notes ⓘ
linked to: National Bank Note