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  • Processing History
  • Acquisition
  • Scope and Contents
  • Preferred Citation
  • Conditions Governing Use
  • Conditions Governing Access

  • 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 .

    Processing History

    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).

    Acquisition

    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.

    Scope and Contents

    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

    Preferred Citation

    Numismatic Collection, 1854-1918, Braun Research Library Collection, Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles; MS.531; [folder number] [folder title][date].

    Conditions Governing Use

    Copyright has not been assigned to the Autry Museum of the American West. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Research Services and Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Autry Museum of the American West as the custodian of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.

    Conditions Governing Access

    Appointments to view materials are required. To make an appointment please visit https://theautry.org/research-collections/library-and-archives  and fill out the Researcher Application Form.

    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