5 Dollars
Fr. 61-63b
Legal Tender Issues
- Front detail
- Statue of Freedom and bust of Alexander Hamilton, the first Secretary of the Treasury, 1789-1795, with Treasury Seal
- Back detail
- Second Obligation
- Series
- Large Size Notes; Legal Tender Issues; 1862 Series; Act of March 3, 1863; 1863
- Variant name
- 5 Dollars
- Friedberg catalog
- Fr. 63
- Numa catalog
- N-11.63
- Pick catalog
- P-137.a.1
- Denomination
- 5 Dollars
- Year
- 1863
- Size
- 188.0 mm x 80.0 mm
- Serial number color
- Red
- Printing press
- American Bank Note Company N.Y.
- Serial number remarks
- One serial number
- Signature
- Chittenden and Spinner
- Signatories title
- Government Signatures
- Signature type
- Register of the Treasury, Treasurer of the United States
- Design remarks
- American Bank Note Company plates imprint on upper border Green patent date at bottom center
- Designer
- American Bank Note Company plates imprint on upper border Green patent date at bottom center
- Seal
- Type 2 Pattern of lines in center around shield, Red
- Note series year
- New series 24-65 at bottom right
Variants
| Fr. # | Back detail | Series | Numa catalog | Pick catalog | Year | Serial number remarks | Design remarks | Designer | Seal | Note series year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 63 | Second Obligation | Large Size Notes; Legal Tender Issues; 1862 Series; Act of March 3, 1863; 1863 | N-11.63 | P-137.a.1 | 1863 | One serial number | American Bank Note Company plates imprint on upper border Green patent date at bottom center | American Bank Note Company plates imprint on upper border Green patent date at bottom center | Type 2 Pattern of lines in center around shield, Red | New series 24-65 at bottom right | Current |
| Other variants | |||||||||||
| 61 | First Obligation | Large Size Notes; Legal Tender Issues; 1862 Series; Act of February 25, 1862; 1862 | N-11.61 | P-130.a.1 | 1862 | One serial number | American Bank Note Company plates imprint on upper border Green patent date at bottom center | American Bank Note Company plates imprint on upper border Green patent date at bottom center | Type 1 Solid center, without pattern, Red | No series | View |
| 61a | First Obligation | Large Size Notes; Legal Tender Issues; 1862 Series; Act of February 25, 1862; 1862 | N-11.61a | P-130.a.2 | 1862 | One serial number | American Bank Note Company plates imprint on upper border Green patent date at bottom center | American Bank Note Company plates imprint on upper border Green patent date at bottom center | Type 1 Solid center, without pattern, Red | Series 2-59 at upper left | View |
| 61b | First Obligation | Large Size Notes; Legal Tender Issues; 1862 Series; Act of February 25, 1862; 1862 | N-11.61b | P-130.a.3 | 1862 | One serial number | American Bank Note Company plates imprint on upper border Green patent date at bottom center | American Bank Note Company plates imprint on upper border Green patent date at bottom center | Type 2 Pattern of lines in center around shield, Red | Series 59-70 at upper left | View |
| 61c | First Obligation | Large Size Notes; Legal Tender Issues; 1862 Series; Act of February 25, 1862; 1862 | N-11.61c | P-130.a.4 | 1862 | One serial number | American Bank Note Company plates imprint on upper border Green patent date at bottom center | American Bank Note Company plates imprint on upper border Green patent date at bottom center | Type 2 Pattern of lines in center around shield, Red | Series 71-119 at lower left | View |
| 62 | Second Obligation | Large Size Notes; Legal Tender Issues; 1862 Series; Act of February 25, 1862; 1862 | N-11.62 | P-130.b | 1862 | One serial number | American Bank Note Company plates imprint on upper border Green patent date at bottom center | American Bank Note Company plates imprint on upper border Green patent date at bottom center | Type 2 Pattern of lines in center around shield, Red | New series 1-23 at bottom right | View |
| 63a | Second Obligation | Large Size Notes; Legal Tender Issues; 1862 Series; Act of March 3, 1863; 1863 | N-11.63a | P-137.a.2 | 1863 | One serial number | American Bank Note Company plates imprint on lower border No green patent date | American Bank Note Company plates imprint on lower border No green patent date | Type 2 Pattern of lines in center around shield, Red | New series 65 - 75 at bottom right | View |
| 63b | Second Obligation | Large Size Notes; Legal Tender Issues; 1862 Series; Act of March 3, 1863; 1863 | N-11.63b | P-137.a.3 | 1863 | Two serial numbers | American Bank Note Company plates imprint on lower border No green patent date | American Bank Note Company plates imprint on lower border No green patent date | Type 2 Pattern of lines in center around shield, Red | New series 75 - 83 at bottom right | View |
