Paper money: 10 cents

Museum number:
2-60876
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.892
Description:
Half a 10 cent U.S currency; bust of William M. Meredith (Secretary of Treausury, 1849); left half like 2-60875. Black lettering on white paper. Reverse: Most of large decorative oval (see 2-60875) remains, green lettering and decoration on white paper. 10 cents, 5.2 x 4.1 cm. “Series of 1874”
Donor:
Doe Library (UC Berkeley) and University of California Library
Collection place:
Washington, D.C.
Verbatim coll. place:
Confederate States of America
Culture or time period:
United States Historic
Materials:
Paper (fiber product)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Paper money
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
1874
Accession date:
1946
Department:
Nonnative US and Canada (except California)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Paper money: 10 cents, accession number 2-60876, described as Half a 10 cent U.S currency; bust of William M. Meredith (Secretary of Treausury, 1849); left half like 2-60875. Black lettering on white paper. Reverse: Most of large decorative oval (see 2-60875) remains, green lettering and decoration on white paper. 10 cents, 5.2 x 4.1 cm. “Series of 1874”Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Paper money: 10 cents, accession number 2-60876, described as Half a 10 cent U.S currency; bust of William M. Meredith (Secretary of Treausury, 1849); left half like 2-60875. Black lettering on white paper. Reverse: Most of large decorative oval (see 2-60875) remains, green lettering and decoration on white paper. 10 cents, 5.2 x 4.1 cm. “Series of 1874”
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Paper money: 10 cents, accession number 2-60876, described as Half a 10 cent U.S currency; bust of William M. Meredith (Secretary of Treausury, 1849); left half like 2-60875. Black lettering on white paper. Reverse: Most of large decorative oval (see 2-60875) remains, green lettering and decoration on white paper. 10 cents, 5.2 x 4.1 cm. “Series of 1874”

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