Promissory Note Issued by the Second Bank of the United States to the Amount of $1,000, 1840

Second Bank of the United States, Promissory note issued by the Second Bank of the United States in the amount of $1,000, Farbdruck, 1840, Digitalisat: Howcheng; Bildquelle: Wikimedia Commons, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Promissory_note_-_2nd_Bank_of_US_$1000.jpg.

This promissory note to the value of $1,000 was issued by the Second Bank of the United States in 1840. The non-cash system of payment, which had originally emerged in Italy, became also established in the USA through the expansion of transatlantic trade.

Second Bank of the United States, Promissory Note Issued by the Second Bank of the United States in the amount of $1,000, colour reprint, 1840, digital copy: Howcheng; image source: Wikimedia Commons, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Promissory_note_-_2nd_Bank_of_US_$1000.jpg, public domain.