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Currency

Object Name:
Currency
Object ID:
2014.044.03
Place of Origin:
Washington, DC
Date:
1914-1920
Description:
Currency. United States Federal Reserve ten-dollar note. Engraving, printed on paper. Obverse, printed in black: "FEDERAL RESERVE NOTE / THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / WILL PAY TO THE BEARER ON DEMAND / TEN DOLLARS / SERIES OF 1914 / AUTHORIZED BY FEDERAL RESERVE ACT / OF DECEMBER 23, 1913 / A19755024A / 1-A"; portrait of Andrew Jackson in center; "10" in each corner; facsimile signatures of John Burke, Treasurer of the United States, and Carter Glass, Secretary of the Treasury; seals of the Federal Reserve and Treasury Department. Reverse, printed in green: "TEN DOLLARS / FEDERAL RESERVE NOTE / TEN DOLLARS; haying scene on left, factory scene on right; "10" in each corner; legal text at bottom.
Material:
Paper
Dimensions:
H-3.15 W-7.4 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
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