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MoAF Displays Collection Highlights at International Money Exposition ( IMEX )
The Museum was invited to display some of the most important documents from its world-class collection at the first annual International Money Exposition ( IMEX ) from October 27 – 28 , 2023 . IMEX is a global money show — held at the Music City Center in Downtown Nashville — that attracted more than 350 dealers and thousands of attendees from around the world .
As part of its mission to preserve and present the history and practice of finance in the United States , the Museum actively collects important documents and artifacts related to the capital markets , money , banking and free enterprise . The archive houses thousands of documents , certificates and examples of currency , including the nation ’ s premier collection of 18th century US financial documents , as well as artifacts ranging from vintage stock tickers to Wall Street memorabilia . The collection also includes photographs , prints , books and periodicals pertaining to the history of finance , business and economics .
Objects from the Museum ’ s collection displayed at IMEX included :
• Alexander Hamilton ’ s 1790 “ Report on the Public Credit ,” which is the economic equivalent of the US Constitution
• President George Washington ’ s federal bond for $ 185.95 of assumed debt , dated January 17 , 1792 , and signed by Washington
• Earliest known bank check in the public domain
• US Steel Corporation $ 100,000 bond issued to Andrew Carnegie on June 14 , 1901 and redeemed by the J . P . Morgan Company on July 23 , 1913
• Blank check signed by President John F . Kennedy and carried by his Secret Service when he was assassinated in Dallas on November 22 , 1963
Museum staff members were on hand to discuss the documents , as well as provide general information on the Museum and its programs , to conference attendees .
Clockwise from top left : The George Washington bond , 1792 ; an attendee views the Museum ’ s collection documents at IMEX ; and the blank check signed by President John F . Kennedy .
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