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Contributing Institution:
Library and Archives at the Autry
Title: Numismatic Collection
source:
Evans, Tom L., Mrs.
source:
Hellman, Agnes Kremer
source:
Newmark, Marco Ross
source:
Newmark, Maurice Harris
Identifier/Call Number: MS.531
Physical Description:
0.25 Linear Feet
(1 scrapbook)
Date (inclusive): 1854-1918
Abstract: This is a collection of currency and checks from 1854-1918 from the Canada, Germany, Haiti, Japan, Mexico, and the United
States.
Language of Material:
English
.
Processed by Glenna Schroeder, circa 1977-1981. Finding aid completed by Holly Rose Larson, NHPRC Processing Archivist, 2012
October 1, made possible through grant funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commissions (NHPRC).
Donations from Maurice Harris Newmark and Marco Ross Newmark, 1919 December 30; Mrs. Agnes Kremer Hellman, circa 1921; and
Mrs. Tom L. Evans, 1974 February 21.
This is a collection of currency and checks from 1854-1918 from the Canada, Germany, Haiti, Japan, Mexico, and the United
States.
Includes:
Paper currency – 39 pieces total – including 26 pieces (U.S, Canada, Mexico, and Haiti) from M.H. and Marco Newmark Collection.
25¢ Zion's Cooperative Mercantile Institution (Salt Lake City, 1870)
$5.00 Northern Indiana Railroad Co. (1854)
2 Sacramento D.O. Mills & Co. Bankers Checks (1871, 1872)
2 Citizen's Bank, George W. Kidd & Co., Bankers, Nevada City, California checks
1862 - $500.00; 187?
1 Bank of Thomas Findley & Co., Grass Valley (1875) $3,000
The Bank of Nevada County check (1876) $120.00
Capital Savings Bank, Sacramento (1876) $292.50
Confederate States of America Bill (to be paid 2 years after peace between CSA and USA) $50.00
50¢ bill Johnson House – Alabama
25 centime bill – Haiti (1875)
25¢ Canada bill (1870)
1 peso – state of Chihuahua (1915)
50 centavos – state of Chihuahua (1914)
5 pesos – state of Chihuahua (1914)
1 peso – Mexico (1913)
1 peso – Mexico (1914)
1 peso – Mexico (1914)
5 pesos – state of Durango (1914)
1 peso – state of Jalisco (1914)
6 centavos – Mexican
5 centavos – Mexican
10 centavos – Mexican
5 pesos – El Estado de Sonora (1913)
1 peso – Estado de Mexico (1914)
10 centavos – Mexico (1914)
1 peso – Mexico (1914)
10 centavos – Japanese government
10 centavos – Mexican (1914)
5 pesos – Guadalajara (1914)
10 centavos – Mercantile Bank of Veracruz (1914)
50 centavos – State of Sonora (1914)
5 marks
2 marks – Berlin (1914)
50 pfennig – Stadt Neuwied (1918)
50 centimes – Treasury of the Army
10 sen – Japanese military currency
Numismatic Collection, 1854-1918, Braun Research Library Collection, Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles; MS.531; [folder number] [folder
title][date].
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
Checks
Money -- United States
Money -- Germany
Money -- Mexico
Money -- Japan
Money -- Haiti
Money -- Canada
Evans, Tom L., Mrs.
Hellman, Agnes Kremer
Newmark, Marco Ross
Newmark, Maurice Harris