April 12, 2024
Philadelphia PA $1000 Bank of the United States 1840
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NO RESERVE!INCLUDES CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY The Bank of the United States issuing the $1,000 notes of 1840 was chartered as a banking institution by Pennsylvania. The vignettes on the front of the note include the facade of the Third Bank of the United States at center. It was formerly the Second Bank building and later served as the Philadelphia Customs House until 1935. To the left from top to bottom are vignettes of first U.S. Mint Director David Rittenhouse, William Penn, and Thomas Paine. To the right from top to bottom are vignettes of Robert Fulton, Benjamin Franklin, and Robert Morris. OFFERED IS A GENUINE ORIGINAL SIGNED BANKNOTE. IT IS NOT A COPY OR A REPRINT. READ CERTIFICATION AND RESUME AT THE END OF THIS LISTING. NOT A COPY! Beware of $1000 notes numbered 8894They are copies, not originals. Original $1000 Bank Note Signed in ink 7¼ inches by 3¾ inches Partly engraved, completed in manuscript No. 8790 "Twelve months after dateThe Bank of the United StatesPromises to pay to J. W. Fairman or order One Thousand Dollarsin New York Philadelphia, Decr 15th, 18 40 " Signed in ink "T. Dunlap" (Thomas Dunlap) as President of the Bank of the United States. The Bank of the United States failed on February 4, 1841. On May 1, 1841, the Bank of the United States assigned more than $7 million worth of securities to trustees
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