1 Dollars

Fr. 16-17d

Legal Tender Issues

Front detail
Bust of Salmon P. Chase, Secretary of the Treasury under Abraham Lincoln, 1861-1864, and Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, 1864-1873.
Back detail
Second Obligation
Series
Large Size Notes; Legal Tender Issues; 1862 Series; National Bank Note Co; Act of July 11, 1862; 1862
Variant name
1 Dollars
Subtype
United States Note
Friedberg catalog
Fr. 16
Numa catalog
N-4.16
Pick catalog
P-128
Denomination
1 Dollar
Year
1862
Additional notes
Salmon P. Chase is probably best known to numismatists for his causing the motto "In God We Trust" to be adopted for our national coinage.
Size
188.0 mm x 80.0 mm
Serial number color
Red
Printing press
National Bank Note Co N.Y.
Signature
Chittenden and Spinner
Signatories title
Government Signatures
Signature type
Register of the Treasury, Treasurer of the United States
Design remarks
National Bank Note Company plates No ABNCo monogram. No green patent date Imprint twice on lower borders
Designer
National Bank Note Company plates No ABNCo monogram. No green patent date Imprint twice on lower borders
Seal
Type 2 Pattern of lines in center around shield, Red
Note series year
174-234 at left

Variants

Fr. #Numa catalogPrinting pressSignature remarksDesign remarksDesignerSealNote series year
16N-4.16National Bank Note Co N.Y.National Bank Note Company plates No ABNCo monogram. No green patent date Imprint twice on lower bordersNational Bank Note Company plates No ABNCo monogram. No green patent date Imprint twice on lower bordersType 2 Pattern of lines in center around shield, Red174-234 at leftCurrent
Other variants
16aN-4.16aNational Bank Note Co N.Y.National Bank Note Company plates ABNCo monogram at center right edge. No green patent date Imprint twice on lower bordersNational Bank Note Company plates ABNCo monogram at center right edge. No green patent date Imprint twice on lower bordersType 2 Pattern of lines in center around shield, Red204-219 at leftView
16bN-4.16bNational Bank Note Co N.Y.Engraved Signatures (Thinner)National Bank Note Company plates No ABNCo monogram. Green patent date at right Imprint twice on lower bordersNational Bank Note Company plates No ABNCo monogram. Green patent date at right Imprint twice on lower bordersType 2 Pattern of lines in center around shield, Red170-174 at leftView
16cN-4.16cNational Bank Note Co N.Y.National Bank Note Company plates No ABNCo monogram. No green patent date Imprint twice on lower bordersNational Bank Note Company plates No ABNCo monogram. No green patent date Imprint twice on lower bordersType 2 Pattern of lines in center around shield, Red235-284 at rightView
16dN-4.16dNational Bank Note Co N.Y.Overprinted Signatures (Thicker)National Bank Note Company plates No ABNCo monogram. Green patent date at right Imprint twice on lower bordersNational Bank Note Company plates No ABNCo monogram. Green patent date at right Imprint twice on lower bordersType 2 Pattern of lines in center around shield, Red166-170 at leftView
17N-4.17American Bank Note CompanyOver left serial numberNational Bank Note Company plates No ABNCo monogram. No green patent date Imprint above lower bordersNational Bank Note Company plates No ABNCo monogram. No green patent date Imprint above lower bordersType 1 Solid center, without pattern, Red1 only at topView
17aN-4.17aAmerican Bank Note CompanyNational Bank Note Company plates ABNCo monogram at center right edge. No green patent date Imprint above lower bordersNational Bank Note Company plates ABNCo monogram at center right edge. No green patent date Imprint above lower bordersType 2 Pattern of lines in center around shield, Red1-166 at topView
17bN-4.17bAmerican Bank Note CompanyOver left serial numberNational Bank Note Company plates No ABNCo monogram. Green patent date at right Imprint above lower bordersNational Bank Note Company plates No ABNCo monogram. Green patent date at right Imprint above lower bordersType 2 Pattern of lines in center around shield, Red1 only at topView
17cN-4.17cAmerican Bank Note CompanyNational Bank Note Company plates No ABNCo monogram. No green patent date Imprint above lower bordersNational Bank Note Company plates No ABNCo monogram. No green patent date Imprint above lower bordersType 2 Pattern of lines in center around shield, Red199-204 at topView
17dN-4.17dAmerican Bank Note CompanyOver left serial numberNational Bank Note Company plates No ABNCo monogram. Green patent date at right Imprint above lower bordersNational Bank Note Company plates No ABNCo monogram. Green patent date at right Imprint above lower bordersType 1 Solid center, without pattern, Red1 only at topView