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A 1901 series
United States ten-dollar bill
, a unit of the
country's currency
. On the obverse it depicts the explorers
Meriwether Lewis
and
William Clark
together with an
American bison
, and on the reverse is an allegorical figure of
Columbia
between two
Roman
-styled pillars. This large-size note measured approximately
7
+
2
⁄
5
×
3
+
1
⁄
8
inches (189 × 79 mm).
Banknote:
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
(image courtesy of the
National Numismatic Collection
,
National Museum of American History
)
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