ABN Uncut Pair of Cards - American Banknote Company Americana

The American Bank Note Company was formally established in New York in 1858 when seven respected security-printing and engraving businesses combined their operations. Its historical roots reach back to 1795, when early American engravers began producing banknotes and financial documents for the nation’s growing number of banks and commercial institutions. The company became especially renowned for steel-plate intaglio printing, a demanding process that created finely detailed portraits, ornamental borders, and allegorical scenes while also protecting documents against alteration and counterfeiting. Its work included currency, bonds, stock certificates, checks, postage stamps, and elaborately engraved presentation pieces such as the cards represented by ABN1016.

By the beginning of the twentieth century, the American Bank Note Company had developed into an international security printer serving governments, financial institutions, and corporations around the world. Its skilled artists and engravers produced documents that combined practical security with a distinctive form of commercial art, and its vignettes were often reused in different arrangements for currencies and securities issued in many countries. The company continued adapting as printing technology changed, introducing microprinting, machine-readable features, holograms, payment cards, and secure identification products. Now operating as ABCorp, the business continues to provide security and authentication services while preserving a corporate heritage extending across more than two centuries.