$5 National Bank Note, North Carolina Composite Essay Manufacturer: Excelsior Bank Note Company (American, active ca. 1870–75)

1876

Numismatics

By appointment, Pratt Study Room
Medium

Ink on paper

Dimensions

3 13/16 × 8 1/4 in. (9.7 × 21 cm)

Credit Line

The Susan G. and John W. Jackson, B.A. 1967, Numismatics Acquisition Endowment Fund

Accession Number

2019.25.21

Geography

Made in United States

Culture

American

Period

19th century

Classification

Numismatics

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Numismatics

Numismatics Reference Number

Hessler-NBE26

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: Pasted elements and hand drawn details. Left of center, North Carolina state seal, Center charter number 245 which contradicts the state seal being from the First National Bank of Morrisville, New York. UNITED STATES, NATIONAL CURRENCY encompassing central guilloche and charter number. As the Excelsior Bank Note Company was not a printer for federal currency, could this have been a proposal submitted for consideration. Certain elements resemble those on Series of 1882 notes printed by the BEP.
Provenance
Dr. Glenn Jackson, to 1990; NASCA, New York, June 16, 1990, lot 4357. Harry E. Jones, from about 1990; Joel Anderson, to 2018; Stack's Bowers, New York, October 25, 2018, lot 4078; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

money, paper money

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