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10 Dollars First National City Bank Travelers Cheque
| Issuer | First National City Bank (Citicorp) |
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| Year | 1976 |
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| Value | 10 Dollars 10 USD = EUR 8.81 |
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| Obverse lettering | CITI CORP THROUGH: SIGNATURE FIRST NATIONAL CITY BANK (NEW YORK, N.Y., U.S.A.) WILL PAY TO THE ORDER OF WHEN COUNTERSIGNED BELOW BY THE INDIVIDUAL WHOSE SIGNATURE APPEARS IN THE UPPER LEFT CORNER TEN DOLLARS UNITED STATES CURRENCY IF NEGOTIATED OUTSIDE OF THE U.S. OF A, THIS CHECK IS PAYABLE IN THE CURRENCY OF THE PLACE WHERE NEGOTIATED AND IS CONVERTIBLE AT THE THEN CURRENT BUYING RATE THERE FOR BANKER'S CHECKS ON NEW YORK LESS THE COST OF REVENUE STAMPS WHERE REQUIRED. COUNTERSIGNATURE - MUST BE AFFIXED IN THE PRESENCE OF THE PERSON CASHING THIS CHECK DATE CHAIRMAN, CITICORP SERIES OF 1976 AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY |
| Reverse description | Plain green-tinted reverse with a light guilloche underprint showing through-print of the obverse design in mirror image. The slogan inscription is printed in green letterpress at centre against a pale background devoid of further ornamentation. |
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First National City Bank rebranded to Citibank in 1976 — the same year this cheque was issued — which makes pieces bearing the "First National City Bank" name transitional artifacts from one of American banking's most significant corporate identity shifts. The American Bank Note Company printed these in New York, as they had printed travelers cheques and financial instruments for major issuers for well over a century by that point.
Travelers cheques occupied a serious slice of international travel finance through the 1970s before credit card networks made them largely redundant. Citicorp's were widely distributed and heavily used, which means survivors in clean condition are less common than the print runs suggest.