Currency

Object Name:

Currency

Object ID:

1995.105.06

Creator:

Bureau of Engraving & Printing

Place of Origin:

Washington, DC

Date:

1890

Description:

Currency. Bank note. Engraving, printed on paper. Obverse: "TREASURY NOTE / SERIES OF 1890 / A / +THE / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / Will pay to bearer / ONE DOLLAR / A IN COIN. / WASHINGTON, D.C. / Register of the Treasury. Treasurer of the United States." printed; "A6506673" printed red ink top right lower left corners; treasury seal red ink right side; WS Rosecrans' signature left; E.H. Nebecker's signature right; "DOLLAR" printed over "ONE" repeated around border; "1" printed upper right corner; "ONE" printed lower right corner; "1" printed left side in oval; "ONE ONE" in ovals printed top and bottom; portrait of Edwin M. Stanton in oval left, name printed below. Reverse: "ONE DOLLAR / ONE / Bureau. Engraving & Printing; "ONE" printed over "1" in large scalloped-edged oval left side; "ONE" over "1" printed twice upper left side; "1" printed twice lower left side; "DOLLAR / THIS NOTE / IS A / LEGAL TENDER / AT ITS FACE VALUE. / IN PAYMENT OF ALL DEBTS, / PUBLIC AND PRIVATE, / EXCEPT / WHEN OTHERWISE / EXPRESSLY STIPULATED / IN THE CONTRACT. / DOLLAR / ONE ONE" printed right side; "ONE" printed over "1" top right corner; design in green ink.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-3 W-7.2 inches

Credit Line:

Gift of Eleanor H. Stark

People:

Stanton, Edwin McMasters (1814-1869), Rosecrans, William S. (1819-1898), Nebecker, Enos H.

Subjects:

Banking, Bank notes