National Bank of Commerce Ten Dollar Bill

National Bank of Commerce Ten Dollar Bill
Inventory
Collection Number: 
17134
Building: 
Current Location: 
Missouri Valley Room
Floor: 
5th
Object Description
Object Type: 
Details: 
This is a print reproduction of a 1907 edition of a ten-dollar bill printed by the National Bank of Commerce.
Framed: 
Yes
Length: 
60 1/2 inches
Width: 
1 inches
Height: 
25 3/4 inches
Description: 

This work is an oversized print model of a ten-dollar bill as printed by the National Bank of Commerce in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1907. As opposed to the centrally-oriented bills of the present day, this bill frames the United States' twenty-fifth president, William McKinley, on the left-hand side. Nearer the center of the bill is the bolded statement "The National Bank of Commerce of Kansas City, Missouri will pay to the bearer on demand ten dollars" with numerous bank note insignia across the rest of the bill. The National Bank of Commerce was chartered as the Kansas City Savings Bank in 1865, and soon after being acquired by Dr. William Stone Woods in 1881, became a national charter renamed the National Bank of Commerce. As the Federal Reserve System was not established until 1913, the bank was also responsible for printing its own money but was of the few in the country after the National Bank Panic of 1893 with enough liquidity to do so.

Reproduce the Work in Library publications/publicity, including film or videotape: 
Yes
Make slides or videotapes for educational use: 
Yes
Permit the general public to photograph the work : 
Yes