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| Series of 1882 $10 National Bank Note |
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| 1882 $10 bill |
1882 Ten Dollar Blue Seal National Currency Date Back | The First National Bank Of Fort Worth, Charter number 2349.
Obverse: At the left, Benjamin Franklin drawing electricity from the sky with a kite and a key. At right, Liberty soaring on an eagle, clutching lightning in her hand. Blue Treasury seal.
Signatures: (as depicted) James Fount Tillman, 8th Register of the Treasury and Daniel Nash Morgan, 19th Treasurer of the United States.
Reverse: At the left, head of William P. Fessenden, Secretary of the Treasury in 1864. At the right, seated figure representing Mechanics.
Inscriptions: National Currency - This Note Is Secured By Bonds Of The United States Or Other Securities - Will Pay Ten Dollars To Bearer on Demand - 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 of 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 15 years imprisonment at hard labor or both.
The First National Bank Of Fort Worth in Texas printed $4,271,570 dollars worth of national currency. Over $1,000,000 face value is a lot of money. This national bank opened in 1877 and stopped printing money in 1935, which equals a 59 year printing period. That is considering a long operation period for a national bank. During its life, The First National Bank Of Fort Worth issued 9 different types and denominations of national currency. For the record, The First National Bank Of Fort Worth was located in Tarrant County. It was assigned charter number 2349.
The First National Bank Of Fort Worth also printed 35,391 sheets of $10 1882 blue seal national bank notes. These were only issued by banks for about ten years (at the most). So it is unusual to see such a high sheet output. This will likely be a common issue unless it is rare signature combination variety. All of these notes say series of 1882 but they were actually printed between 1908 and 1921. So they aren’t quite as old as the dates might suggest. There is also a date on these notes that is between 1888 and 1901. That date is written in cursive text and it represents when the bank was chartered or re-chartered. Some of the so called 1882 value back notes have a chance to be really rare. Most of the earlier notes that say 1882-1908 on the back are likely going to be relatively common. The designs are exactly the same on the front. Each has a blue seal and charter number.
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