10 Dollars, Mechanics Bank of Memphis, Tennessee, United States, 1855
Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- One (1) 10 dollar note
- Tennessee, United States, 1855
- Obverse Image: At left, man working pulley lathe. At right, workers pouring molten iron into casts.
- Obverse Text: 10 / THE MECHANICS BANK OF MEMPHIS WILL PAY TEN DOLLARS TO THE BEARER ON DEMAND. / MEMPHIS, MARCH 1 1855 / CAPITAL $300,000. / NO. 556 / A / STATE OF TENNESSEE / DANFORTH, WRIGHT & CO. NEW YORK & PHILADA.
- Credit Line
- Joseph Stack
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- Date made
- 1855
- ID Number
- NU.235062.0004
- serial number
- 556
- accession number
- 235062
- maker
- Danforth, Wright & Co.
- Object Name
- paper money
- note
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- place made
- United States: Tennessee, Memphis
- Related Publication
- Doty, Richard. Pictures from a Distant Country
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- Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
- Record ID
- nmah_1203565
