American Currency Exhibit ExternalThis online exhibit from the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco focuses on the history of money in the United States from the Colonial era forward. Included are notes of the original thirteen colonies, the initial issue of the Continental Congress, notes of the First and Second Banks of the United States, Perkins Plate, Sutler, Mormon and Gold Dust Notes, Confederate currency, legal tender notes, National Gold Bank Notes, Treasury Coin Notes, and Federal Reserve Notes. The site also features an "Artistry and Imagery" section containing illustrations and discussion of recurring themes in the designs appearing on U.S. money, such as allegories, portraits, shields, eagles, mottoes, borders, monuments and buildings, symbolic plants, state seals, cornucopia, and historical events.