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First National Bank
It is recognized as the largest privately held bank in the country with $17 billion in managed assets and 5,000 employees
December 10, 1857 (as Kountze Brothers Bank);
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The Bureau of Engraving and Printing
The Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) is a government agency within the United States Department of the Treasury that designs and produces a variety of security products for the United States government, most notable of which is paper currency for the Federal Reserve. The Federal Reserve itself is the central bank of the United States of America. In addition to paper currency, the B.E.P. produces Treasury securities; military commissions and award certificates; invitations and admission car -
Civil war
A civil war is a war between organized groups within the same nation state or republic, or, less commonly, between two countries created from a formerly united nation state.The aim of one side may be to take control of the country or a region, to achieve independence for a region, or to change government policies. The term is a calque of the Latin bellum civile which was used to refer to the various civil wars of the Roman Republic in the 1st century BC. -
Stock market crash
A stock market crash is a sudden dramatic decline of stock prices across a significant cross-section of a stock market, resulting in a significant loss of paper wealth. Crashes are driven by panic as much as by underlying economic factors. They often follow speculative stock market bubbles. -
Gold standard
There are three distinct types of "gold standards." The gold specie standard is a system in which the monetary unit is associated with the value of circulating gold coins or has the value of a certain circulating gold coin along with other coins made of less valuable metal. -
Second National Bank
The President, Directors and Company of the Bank of the United States, commonly known as the Second Bank of the United States (BUS). -
50 State Quarters program
In 2009, the U.S. Mint began issuing quarters under the 2009 District of Columbia and U.S. Territories Program, authorized by the passage of H.R. 2764. This program features the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the United States Virgin Islands, and Northern Mariana Islands. Although the Territories Quarter Program was authorized by a different legislative act, it is typically seen[by whom?] as an extension of the 50 State Quarters program. -
Greenback
The term greenback refers to paper currency that was issued by the United States during the American Civil War. There are at least two types of notes that were called greenback -
FDIC
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) is a United States government corporation operating as an independent agency created by the Banking Act of 1933. As of January 2013, it provides deposit insurance guaranteeing the safety of a depositor's accounts in member banks up to $250,000 for each deposit ownership category in each insured bank. As of September 30, 2012, the FDIC insured deposits at 7,181 institutions.The FDIC also examines and supervises certain financial institutions fo