Currency

Object Name:

Currency

Object ID:

2014.044.01

Place of Origin:

Washington, DC

Date:

1908-1920

Description:

Currency. United States National Currency, ten-dollar note. Engraving, printed on paper. Obverse, printed in black: "NATIONAL CURRENCY / TEN E V253761 / 10 / This Note IS SECURED BY Bonds of / THE / UNITED STATES / OR OTHER SECURITIES / N / 5964 / Pepperell, Mass. Aug. 3, 1901. / THE / FIRST / NATIONAL BANK OF / Pepperell / Will pay TEN DOLLARS to Bearer / ON DEMAND. / MASSACHUSETTS / 7163 / E / SERIES 1882 / BUREAU OF / ENGRAVING & PRINTING / TREASY. / DEPT."; facsimile signatures of J. W. Lyons, Register of the Treasury, and Ellis H. Roberts, Treasurer of the United States; original signature of H. F. Tarbell, Cashier, and H. H. Shattuck, President; image of Benjamin Franklin flying kite, dated 1752; image of flying eagle carrying woman; Treasury Department seal printed in blue; "US", "10", "TEN", and "5964" repeated around border. Reverse, printed in green: "TEN DOLLARS" in center; "10" in each corner; portrait of "FESSENDEN" on left; image of an engraver on right; legal text above and below; "NATIONAL CURRENCY" repeated around border.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-3.2 W-7.2 inches

Provenance:

Found in envelope with letter dated July 21, 1920, to Dr. Charles H. Babbitt, 277 Main Street, Nashua, NH. From Babbitt Family Papers, NHHS Library 2014.104.

Credit Line:

Gift of the Babbitt-Morrison family

People:

Franklin, Benjamin (1706-1790), Fessenden, William Pitt (1806-1869)

Subjects:

Eagle, Currency