$10 Bill National Currency 1875 Value

Value of Ten Dollar First Charter National Bank Note

 

Year:  1875 or 1862-1882 Type:  National Bank Note Denomination:  Ten Dollar Bill
Value:  The value of ten dollar national bank notes is based condition, bank of issue, and serial numbers
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Description:  Ten dollar national bank notes have the chance to be rare and valuable.  It all depends on which bank printed the note and the condition of the note.  Most $10 bills from the time period of 1862-1881 are very collectible.

The right hand side of the bill shows a man flying a kite.  This is Benjamin Franklin conducting his electricity experiments in 1752.  The left hand side of the $10 bill shows a bare breasted woman clutching a lightening bolt.  The back has a vignette of Desoto discovering the Mississippi in 1541.

First charter ten dollar national bank notes always represent the earliest type of money any national bank could have issued.  As such, they are in demand and can be valuable.  There are dozens of small nuances that can make one national bank note more valuable than another.  We strongly encourage you to send us a scan or digital photo of your bill so we can examine it and make our offer.

Variations:  If your ten dollar national bank note has a pointed red seal on it then you have what is known as an original series first charter note.  If your red seal is more rounded, then you have a series of 1875 ten dollar national bank note.  Neither series if necessarily more valuable.  It is still all about bank rarity.

There are three rare notes based on signature combinations.  Notes signed by:

Jeffries and Spinner – Bruce and Wyman – Tillman and Morgan – are rare.  However, 99% of people collection national currency based on the bank of issue.  So just because you have a common treasury signature combination in no way means that your note is common.  Contact us for pricing.

Inscriptions:  National Currency  –  This note is secured by bonds of The United States Deposited with the U.S. Treasurer at Washington.  –  Will Pay Ten Dollars To Bearer on Demand  –  Register of the Treasury  –  Treasurer of the United States  –  Cash.  –  Pres.  –  Printed at the Bureau Engraving & Printing Treasury Dept  –  Continental Bank Note Co New York  –  Act Approved June 3d 1864  –  This Note is receivable at par in all parts of the United States in payment of all taxes and excises and all other dues to the United States except duties on imports and also for all salaries and other debts and demands owing by the United States to Individuals Corporations & associations within the United States except Interest on Public Debt  –  Counterfeiting or Altering This Note, Or Passing Any Counterfeit or Alteration of it, or having in possession any false or counterfeit plate or impression of it, or any paper made in imitation of the paper on which it is printed, is felony, and is punishable by $1,000 fine or fifteen year imprisonment at hard labor or both