The Columbia Bank- One Dollar

1850

Not on view

In the early years of the nineteenth century banks issued a huge variety of currencies, which were printed by many engravers. The Columbia Bank was located in Washington D.C. In the midst of the Civil War in 1863 the U.S. government became the country’s sole issuer of paper money.

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Title: The Columbia Bank- One Dollar
Engraver: Danforth, Bald, & Co.
Date: 1850
Medium: Engraving
Dimensions: sheet: 2 7/8 x 7 3/16 in. (7.3 x 18.3 cm.)
Classifications: Prints, Ephemera
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951
Object Number: 51.508.1(5)
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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