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The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
national bank in the United States, financial institution of a class authorized by Congress in acts of 1863 and 1864. The acts were intended to provide a way of marketing the large bond issues made necessary by the Civil War and to give circulation to a paper currency more trustworthy than the notes of state banks had proved to be. The act of 1864 authorized the formation of private banking corporations that were to invest a large part of their capital in bonds of the United States and that might then issue their notes as currency. The amount of the notes was not to exceed 90% of either the face... Read more
national bank
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia ... during the Civil War under the National Bank Act of 1863 to combat financial ... they were permitted to circulate national bank notes, thereby creating a stable ... war, which reduced the number of national bank notes that could be issued. Concern ... Read more
The National Bank
American Eras The National Bank Monetary Problems. The period between ... specie payments. As long as there was a national bank, such as the Second Bank of the United ... maintained some stability. Unfortunately, the national bank itself soon became part of the problem ... Read more

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