National Gold Bank Notes are rare and wonderful relatives to National Currency. The notes were issued from select National Banks and redeemable in gold between 1870 and 1875. They were only issued by a handful of banks all but one of which was in California. The outlier was Kidder National Gold Bank of Boston. No notes are known from Kidder. These notes are similar to national bank notes of the period but the paper they are printed on is tinted gold. One of the coolest features of the notes are the backs which have images of circulating gold coinage of the period. This feature makes them a natural cross over collectible for the coin collectors of the world. Similar to the Morgan back Silver certificate of 1886. The notes were issued in $5, $10, $20, $50, $100, $500, $1000 and $5000 denominations. $500, $1000 and $5000 notes are not known to exist but if one were found it would be a million dollar note. Banks that issued National Gold Bank Notes