$100,000 Bond, part of the $20 million worth issued to Andrew Carnegie in 1901 when U.S. Steel was formed as one of J.P. Morgan's outstanding corporate deals! This bond was paid, then cancelled by J.P. Morgan and Co., in 1913.

Alexander Hamilton Orders More Support
for U.S. Treasury Bonds

In this letter to The Bank of New York, Hamilton instructs the bank to continue making open market purchases of U.S. Treasury Bonds, and assures the bank that additional funds will be forthcoming to support these purchases. Hamilton's extraordinarily farsighted plan for managing the national debt resulted in enhanced credit ratings for U.S. Treasury bonds after only a few years time. Since then, credit ratings for U.S. Treasury Bonds have been the highest of all debt instruments, and they have become the standard against which all other investments are ultimately judged.

George Washington Bond

This bond, dated Jan. 17, 1792, was owned and signed by George Washington while he was President. It is for $185.98 of Assumed Debt; interest was paid from Jan. 1, 1792. In the center of the bottom portion of the bond is an embossed seal reading "Assumed Debt" which was part of Alexander Hamilton's plan for liquidating the debt of the individual states and creating the national debt. Signed by Washington on the back, this is tangible evidence of George Washington's faith in his country and its future.