Printed on a yellow-tinted paper, six denominations circulated: $5, $10, $20, $50, $100, and $500.

[1] Today, National Gold Bank Notes are rare in the higher denominations (and unknown on some issuing banks) with condition generally falling in the good-to-fine range.

[nb 1] Approximately 630 National Gold Bank Notes are known to exist, and roughly 20 grade above "very fine".

[4] The National Gold Bank Notes were authorized under the provisions of the Currency Act of July 12, 1870.

[6] Ten national gold banks were charted, nine of them in California and one in Boston, Massachusetts.