5 Dollars, Mechanics and Traders Bank, New Jersey, United States, 1853
5 Dollars, Mechanics and Traders Bank, New Jersey, United States, 1853
- Description (Brief)
- One (1) 5 dollar note
- New Jersey, United States, 1853
- Obverse Image: Three men standing at left, one is handing wheat to Liberty who is seated on a cloud next to an eagle.
- Obverse Text: FIVE / 5 / STATE OF NEW JERSEY / A / NO. _ / THE MECHANICS AND TRADERS BANK WILL PAY FIVE DOLLARS TO THE BEARER ON DEMAND. / JERSEY CITY, _ 18_
- Object Name
- paper money
- note
- Date made
- 1853
- maker
- Danforth, Bald & Co.
- place of issue
- United States: New Jersey, Jersey City
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- ID Number
- 1994.0390.0044
- catalog number
- 1994.0390.0044
- accession number
- 1994.0390
- catalog number
- 94.390.44
- Credit Line
- Richard S. Schlein
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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