5 Dollars
Fr. 1-5a
Demand Notes
- Front detail
- Thomas Crawford's statue of Freedom on top of the U.S. Capitol in Washington. Bust of Alexander Hamilton, the first Secretary of the Treasury, 1789-1795.
- Back detail
- Greenback
- Series
- Large Size Notes; Demand Notes; Series of 1861; Act of July 17, 1861; 1861 - 1862
- Variant name
- 5 Dollars
- Issuing state
- Missouri
- Friedberg catalog
- Fr. 5a
- Numa catalog
- N-1.5a
- Pick catalog
- P-125
- Denomination
- 5 Dollars
- Year
- 1861
- About
- The green reverses of the Demand Notes are the origin of the term "Greenback", applied to U.S. paper money in general.
- Additional notes
- Payable at St. Louis, "For the" handwritten
- Size
- 185.0 mm x 80.0 mm
- Printing press
- American Bank Note Company N.Y.
- Signatories title
- Government Signatures
- Signature type
- Register of the Treasury, Treasurer of the United States
- Note series year
- 1861
Variants
| Fr. # | Issuing state | Numa catalog | Pick catalog | Additional notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5a | Missouri | N-1.5a | P-125 | Payable at St. Louis, "For the" handwritten | Current |
| Other variants | |||||
| 1 | New York | N-1.1 | P-125.a | Payable at New York | View |
| 1a | New York | N-1.1a | P-125 | Payable at New York, "For the" handwritten | View |
| 2 | Pennsylvania | N-1.2 | P-125.b | Payable at Philadelphia | View |
| 2a | Pennsylvania | N-1.2a | P-125 | Payable at Philadelphia, "For the" handwritten, None issued | View |
| 3 | Massachusetts | N-1.3 | P-125.c | Payable at Boston | View |
| 3a | Massachusetts | N-1.3a | P-125 | Payable at Boston, "For the" handwritten | View |
| 4 | Ohio | N-1.4 | P-125.d | Payable at Cincinatti | View |
| 4a | Ohio | N-1.4a | P-125 | Payable at Cincinatti, "For the" handwritten | View |
| 5 | Missouri | N-1.5 | P-125.e | Payable at St. Louis | View |
