bank note: A promissory note issued by a bank in useful denominations, payable to bearer and intended to circulate as money. The term should not be used as a generic term for all forms of paper money, since many forms of notes are not bank issues.
national bank note: Paper money issued in United States by federally chartered national banks from 1863 through 1929 and secured by government bonds or other collateral. Also called national currency. See also bank note.
On this page you will find a sampling of the numismatic oddities called Hell Bank Notes or money intended for use in the afterlife.
The Story of Red Seal, United States Bank Notes
by Stan Klein
The United States government got into the paper money business by necessity, a way of financing the Civil War through money creation known as fiat money.
Bank Note - A form of legalized paper currency issued by a bank.
Bullion - Precious metal in the form of coins, bars, ingots, etc.
Bank Note - Paper money issued by a bank
Bar - form of precious metal (Bullion)
Base Metal - An inexpensive metal; a metal other than gold, silver or platinum.
bank note
Paper money issued by a bank and payable to bearer.
bas relief
A style in which the design elements are raised within depressions in the field, so that no part of the design is undercut.
Bank Note - Paper money issued by a bank.
Bar - A non-numismatic form of precious metal bullion.
Bas Relief - Design elements are raised within depressions in the field.
BANK NOTE
A form of paper currency issued by a bank, being a promise to pay a specific amount on demand.
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Broken Bank Note - Privately issued paper money of the nineteenth century. Most firms or individuals issuing such currency went "broke," therefore the term broken bank note.
Bronze - An alloy of copper, zinc, and tin.
Broken Bank Notes
Common term for private bank paper money issued in the USA prior to 1865.
bronze
An alloy of copper, tin and zinc, with copper the principal metal.
Bank notes as legal tender by government fiat originate from the advent of central banking. Central banks are government owned, sponsored or favoured banks of issue.
Bank Note - Paper currency issued by a bank and payable to bearer.
Bas Relief - (Pronounced "bah") Bas-relief is a method of sculpting which entails carving or etching away the surface of a material (i.e. metal) to create a sculpture portrayed as a ...
Bank Note - Paper money issued by a bank .
Bank-Wrapped Rolls - Rolls of coins that are enclosed in the original wrapping performed by a Federal Reserve Bank. Being intact and untouched makes such rolls more collectible. ...
Bank Note Reporter
A monthly publication for US and World Paper Money collectors.
Colonial Currency ...
A. Bank notes - paper issued by banks as an interest bearing loan. (These were common in the 19th century but not seen anymore.) ...
National Bank Notes 204-252
Texas National Bank Notes & Obsolete Notes, Currency Shields, CSA Currency & Docs. 253-295
SESSION TWO: U.S. PATTERN COINS - LOTS 1001-1414 ...
Obsolete bank note - Note of an American bank of issue prior to 1865; a more accurate term than "broken" bank note, since many note-issuing banks converted into national banks or liquidated without failing.
National Bank Notes - by Don Kelly
(Spiral bound) 6th (Latest) Edition Includes Census DVD
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bag marks Small scratches and nicks resulting from movement of coins in the same bag (also known as contact marks or keg marks) bank note Paper money issued by a bank bar A non-numismatic form of precious metal bullion bas relief ...
Although he fails to mention it, Jefferson must have been referring to these abundant issues of national, state, and especially broken bank notes, when he wrote to Nathaniel Macon on January 12, 1819: ". . .
Obsolete bank notes covered are Union Bank of TN at Chattanooga, Bank of East TN at Chattanooga, Bank of Chattanooga. A census of the obsolete bank notes is used to project new rarity numbers for some issues.
Over 300,000 certified proofs for the printing of United States national bank notes (Figure 52), gold certificates, Treasury certificates, legal tender notes, and many other types were added to our collection.
If you live in a state in which many varieties of national bank notes were once issued, you might try to acquire notes from as many different banks as possible.
These bank notes were not to be backed by just government bonds, but also just about any securities the banks were holding.
Numismatists generally agree that "EG" was Elisha Gallaudet, an experienced bank note engraver of Freehold, New Jersey.
In Republic of Latvia, the Latvia Bank notes, State cash notes, silver coins (1, 2 and 5 L. and small exchange currency was valid during 1922-1941. State cash notes of 5, 10, 20 L. were emitted.
1862 Tax placed on US state bank notes
The rate is set at 2%.
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1864 US National Bank Act
This amends and expands the provisions of the Currency Act of the previous year.
the Military Bust token was listed as current in Thompson's Coin Chart Manual for 1848, published annually in New York and Fuld had noted the Draped Bust token was listed as current in Thomas Lord, Supplement to the Cincinnati Detector and Bank Note ...
If you collect Australian coins or bank notes then you'll know what I mean when I say 'Maccas'.
Fr 664 John Sherman 50 Dollar National Bank Note
U.S. Senator from Ohio, John Sherman appears on the Fr. 664 John Sherman $50 NBN.
The 5 Cent Fractional Postage Currency is from 1862-1863 by the National Bank Note Company of New York when banks suspended specie payments. This note depicts Thomas Jefferson.
One useful contact would be the International Bank Note Society's journal and webpage which offer not only contact information for trades and auctions, but also let's you preview images of old currency on their website.
The CIA World Factbook, shows 178 different currencies in use, but on February 28, 2002 the European national bank notes and coins were withdrawn from circulation in favor of the Euro -- adding 1 currency while eliminating 12.
Early in 1850, this firm attempted to put printed bank notes into circulation of California, but the people would not accept them. The next year they employed Schultz & Co.
Since the copper coins in circulation were not legal tender and shinplasters" (private bank notes and merchants' scrip) weren't acceptable as payment for postage, how would the public pay for the stamps?
NATIONAL CURRENCY/ FEDERAL RESERVE BANK NOTES
$1.00 Series of 1918, New York, Fr #712, KL # 65, Teehee-Burke signatures, About Very Good, intact note without any tears or major problems for its grade, some minor foxing. $39.00
Small Size Notesx ...
Unissued, Unsigned (1860s)
Plate A
New England Bank Note Co. - Boston; Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Edson - New York; American Bank Note Co. monogram
Fate: Became the West River National Bank
Haxby VT-115-G2b ...
Small-size Bicentennial $2 notes
Small-size Federal Reserve Bank notes
Small-size Federal Reserve notes
Small-size national bank notes
Small-size silver certificates
U.S. Postage and Fractional Currency ...
More than 70 educational seminars and hobby organization meetings will be conducted during the convention, and some of the world's most famous and valuable rare coins and bank notes will be displayed in the official exhibit area by the ANA, ...
In the 1800's banks often issued their own paper money. These bank notes were backed by bank resources, rather than governments. The term banknote continues to this day, as a reference to paper currency. See paper money and paper currency. bar ...
Today money exists in the form of digital cash and such things as coins and bank notes will soon become obsolete. When this happens, the change in the nature of money will have a significant effect on our society.
As Good as Gold, 300 Years of British Bank Note Design, V.H. Hewitt and J.M. Keyworth, British Museum Publications, London, 1987
English Paper Money, Vincent Buggleby, Spink, London, 1990 ...
Coin collecting wares included a range of pieces, including Euros, bank notes, and medals.
In 1893, McKinley's political career was almost ruined when a friend went bankrupt and left McKinley responsible for debt of $130,000 through bank notes he had endorsed. Hanna and his wealthy friends who repaid the debt saved McKinley.
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