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| 1882 Ten Dollar Brown Back National Currency |
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| 1882 $10 Brown Back National Bank Note |
1882 Ten Dollar National Currency Brown Back | The Diamond National Bank of Pittsburgh, Charter number 2236.
Obverse: At the left, Benjamin Franklin drawing electricity from the sky with a kite and a key. At the right, Liberty soaring on an eagle, clutching lightning in her hand.
Reverse: The charter numbers and surrounding ornament are green, the rest of the reverse is brown.
Signatures: (as depicted) James Fount Tillman, 8th Register of the Treasury and Daniel Nash Morgan, 19th Treasurer of the United States.
Inscriptions: National Currency - This Note Is Secured By United States Bonds Deposited With The U.S. Treasurer at Washington - Series 1882 - Will Pay Ten Dollars To Bearer On Demand - Bureau of Engraving & Printing Treasr Dept - Register of the Treasury - Treasurer of the United States - This Note is receivable at par in all parts of the United States in payment of all taxes and excises and all other dues to the United States except duties on imports and also for all salaries and other debts and demands owing by the United States to Individuals Corporations & associations within the United States except Interest on Public Debt - Counterfeiting or Altering This Note, Or Passing Any Counterfeit or Alteration of it, or having in possession any false or counterfeit plate or impression of it, or any paper made in imitation of the paper on which it is printed, is felony, and is punishable by $1,000 fine or fifteen year imprisonment at hard labor or both.
The Diamond National Bank of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania printed $6,686,730 dollars worth of national currency. Once a bank issues that much money there really isn’t much room for rare issues. This national bank opened in 1875 and stopped printing money in 1932, which equals a 58 year printing period. That is considering a long operation period for a national bank. During its life, The Diamond National Bank of Pittsburgh issued 20 different types and denominations of national currency. For the record, The Diamond National Bank Of Pittsburgh was located in Allegheny County. It was assigned charter number 2236.
The Diamond National Bank of Pittsburgh also printed 5,200 sheets of $10 1882 brown back national bank notes. A print range between 5,000 and 10,000 suggests that there should be at least a couple of notes known to exist. There were three $10 bills printed on a single sheet of 1882 brown backs. The design of the bill is similar to all earlier ten dollar national bank notes. The nickname comes from the fact that these bills have a brown seal and brown overprint. Despite saying series of 1882, these were actually printed by some banks up until 1908. The date you see in cursive relates to when the bank first started issuing brown back notes.
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