National Bank of Commerce Ten Dollar Bill

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.
National Bank of Commerce Ten Dollar Bill
Inventory
Collection Number
17134
Building
Current Location
Missouri Valley Room
Floor
5th
Description
Details
This is a print reproduction of a 1907 edition of a ten-dollar bill printed by the National Bank of Commerce.
Framed
Yes
Width
1 inches
Height
25 3/4 inches
Length
60 1/2 inches
Donor
Donor Name
Jonathan Kemper
Library Owns
No
Permissions
Reproduce the Work in Library publications/publicity, including film or videotape
Yes
Reproduce
Library has Photography Rights
Yes
Photograph
Permit the general public to photograph the work
Yes
Slides/Video