Italic caps with small caps and open shade, designed by John F. Cumming and released ca. 1863. [Reichardt 2011] Patented Dec. 20, 1870 by John K. Rogers for Boston Type Foundry, together with Bank-Note Roman. [Saxe 2015] Sold by MacKellar, Smiths & Jordan as Oblique Shaded. Bank-Note Italic Ornamented is a variant added in 1875.

Later spelled Bank Note (without hyphen). Adopted for phototype VGC as part of the T.J. Lyons Antique Type Collection, Volume I. [1967 specimen] Also by Photo-Lettering [PLINC One Liner 1971] and by Face Photosetting [Face c.1981].

See MFC Westport Monogram for an indirect digital interpretation.