American Bank Note Co. Boston Office Advertising Card ca. 1890

From the American Bank Note Co. archives. This is an authentic ca. 1890 advertising trade card for the American Bank Note Company, promoting their Boston regional office located at Post Office Square at the corner of Milk and Congress Street. The card features detailed engraving work showcasing the company’s capabilities, listing services such as the printing of bank notes, bonds, stock certificates, stamps, and insurance policies. It includes the company’s official circular vignette seal with a bald eagle and their incorporation date of April 1858. The American Bank Note Company was formed in 1858 by the merger of seven major security engraving firms, consolidating the production of paper currency and financial instruments in the United States. Following the Great Boston Fire of 1872, the company established this permanent Boston office in 1874 to serve New England’s rapidly growing financial district. This piece represents a clean, historically significant specimen of American numismatic and printing history from the late 1800s.