Museum of American Finance to Display Collection Highlights at IMEX
The Museum of American Finance, an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution based in New York, has been invited to display some of the most important documents from its world-class collection at the first annual International Money Exposition (IMEX) in Nashville, TN, from October 27-28, 2023. IMEX is a global money show that is expected to attract more than 350 dealers and thousands of attendees from around the world.
Washington Bond front ©Museum of American Finance.
As part of its mission to preserve and present the history and practice of finance in the United States, the Museum actively collects important documents and artifacts related to the capital markets, money, banking and free enterprise. The archive houses thousands of documents, certificates and examples of currency, including the nation’s premier collection of 18th century US financial documents, as well as artifacts ranging from vintage stock tickers to Wall Street memorabilia. The collection also includes photographs, prints, books and periodicals pertaining to the history of finance, business and economics.
Objects from the Museum’s collection to be displayed at IMEX include:
Report on Public Credit cover page ©Museum of American Finance.
- Alexander Hamilton’s 1790 “Report on the Public Credit,” which is the economic equivalent of the US Constitution
- President George Washington’s federal bond for $185.95 of assumed debt, dated January 17, 1792, and signed by Washington (see first picture of the article)
A 1782 Bank of North America check ©Museum of American Finance.
- Earliest known check in the public domain
US Steel Bond Carnegie and JP Morgan ©Museum of American Finance.
- US Steel Corporation $100,000 bond issued to Andrew Carnegie on June 14, 1901 and redeemed by the J.P. Morgan Company on July 23, 1913
JFK check ©Museum of American Finance.
- Blank check signed by President John F. Kennedy and carried by his Secret Service when he was assassinated in Dallas on November 22, 1963
Museum staff members will be on hand to discuss the documents, as well as provide general information on the Museum and its programs, to conference attendees. IMEX will be held at the Music City Center in Downtown Nashville. It will be open to the public from 10am-6pm on Friday, October 27, and from 9am-5pm on Saturday, October 28, 2023.
