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U.S. National Gold Bank Notes (1871-1883)

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Reason: High quality, high EV (presented as a set).
National Gold Bank Notes (NGBN) were issued between 1871 and 1883 by nine California banks. Of the 200,558 notes issued, 630 are reported to still exist, and roughly 20 of those notes grade above very fine, with no uncirculated examples known (to put this in context, see Sheldon coin grading scale). As condition was raised in a prior currency nomination, it is worth noting that the $10 is far above average for the denomination, any significant improvement in grade for the $5 and $20 would be difficult to achieve, and the $50 and $100 are extremely rare (none exist in the Smithsonian collection) with six and nine examples known respectively across all banks. Three banks issued a $500 denomination. Treasury records indicate that all but four have been redeemed and none are known to exist. Of the reported notes, this is a complete denomination set.

Original – A five-note denomination type set of National Gold Bank Notes.

Articles in which these images appear: National Gold Bank Note
FP category for this image: Currency
Creator: Both the American and Continental Banknote Companies under contract to the United States Department of the Treasury.
Images by Godot13.

$5 NGBN
The First National Gold Bank of San Francisco
$10 NGBN
The First National Gold Bank of Oakland
$20 NGBN
The First National Gold Bank of San Francisco

$50 NGBN
The First National Gold Bank of San Francisco
$100 NGBN
The First National Gold Bank of Petaluma

Support as nominator – Godot13 (talk) 19:52, 29 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - None of these are in use. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 04:04, 30 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- To clarify; the combined scans are not used. The images used are those which are split into obverse and reverse sides. This has historically meant that the images nominated here are not considered "used". — Crisco 1492 (talk) 04:08, 30 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  - Understood. I thought this was a better option than nominating the 10 images that are in use. I will change the table in the article. Should I put this nomination on hold until the combined images have been in place for 7 days?--Godot13 (talk) 05:05, 30 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    - Crisco 1492- Table has been redone to include the over/under style image in the nomination. This could be considered an identical image replacement...--Godot13 (talk) 05:33, 30 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
      - Don't think you need to put this on hold. Not a very high traffic article.
Support per nom. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 05:37, 30 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Enthusiastic Support Highly detailed images of artistic and rare currency from a bygone era. -Ad Orientem (talk) 10:20, 30 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support Great work finding these images =) - Knowledgekid87 (talk) 11:41, 30 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- *cough* *cough* Making these images; I've never known Godot to nominate an image he didn't create, and he hasn't started here. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 09:27, 31 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Certainly very educational and encyclopedic. — Cirt (talk) 16:34, 31 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Yann (talk) 08:28, 6 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support a lovely denom set of NGBNs, as mentioned these flat out don't exist in really high grades, beautiful -NiceCurrency (talk) 23:53, 7 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:US-NBN-CA-San Francisco-1741-1870-5-6758-B.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 19:53, 8 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:US-NBN-CA-Oakland-2248-1870-10-388-B.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 19:53, 8 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:US-NBN-CA-San Francisco-1741-1870-20-2772-C.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 19:53, 8 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:US-NBN-CA-San Francisco-1741-1870-50-1616-A.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 19:53, 8 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:US-NBN-CA-Petaluma-2193-1870-100-209-A.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 19:53, 8 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]