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. 17a
- Numa catalog
- N-4.17a
- 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
- American Bank Note Company
- 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 ABNCo monogram at center right edge. No green patent date Imprint above lower borders
- Designer
- National Bank Note Company plates ABNCo monogram at center right edge. No green patent date Imprint above lower borders
- Seal
- Type 2 Pattern of lines in center around shield, Red
- Note series year
- 1-166 at top
Variants
| Fr. # | Numa catalog | Printing press | Signature remarks | Design remarks | Designer | Seal | Note series year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17a | N-4.17a | American Bank Note Company | — | National Bank Note Company plates ABNCo monogram at center right edge. No green patent date Imprint above lower borders | National Bank Note Company plates ABNCo monogram at center right edge. No green patent date Imprint above lower borders | Type 2 Pattern of lines in center around shield, Red | 1-166 at top | Current |
| Other variants | ||||||||
| 16 | N-4.16 | National Bank Note Co N.Y. | — | National Bank Note Company plates No ABNCo monogram. No green patent date Imprint twice on lower borders | National Bank Note Company plates No ABNCo monogram. No green patent date Imprint twice on lower borders | Type 2 Pattern of lines in center around shield, Red | 174-234 at left | View |
| 16a | N-4.16a | National Bank Note Co N.Y. | — | National Bank Note Company plates ABNCo monogram at center right edge. No green patent date Imprint twice on lower borders | National Bank Note Company plates ABNCo monogram at center right edge. No green patent date Imprint twice on lower borders | Type 2 Pattern of lines in center around shield, Red | 204-219 at left | View |
| 16b | N-4.16b | National 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 borders | National Bank Note Company plates No ABNCo monogram. Green patent date at right Imprint twice on lower borders | Type 2 Pattern of lines in center around shield, Red | 170-174 at left | View |
| 16c | N-4.16c | National Bank Note Co N.Y. | — | National Bank Note Company plates No ABNCo monogram. No green patent date Imprint twice on lower borders | National Bank Note Company plates No ABNCo monogram. No green patent date Imprint twice on lower borders | Type 2 Pattern of lines in center around shield, Red | 235-284 at right | View |
| 16d | N-4.16d | National 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 borders | National Bank Note Company plates No ABNCo monogram. Green patent date at right Imprint twice on lower borders | Type 2 Pattern of lines in center around shield, Red | 166-170 at left | View |
| 17 | N-4.17 | American Bank Note Company | Over left serial number | National Bank Note Company plates No ABNCo monogram. No green patent date Imprint above lower borders | National Bank Note Company plates No ABNCo monogram. No green patent date Imprint above lower borders | Type 1 Solid center, without pattern, Red | 1 only at top | View |
| 17b | N-4.17b | American Bank Note Company | Over left serial number | National Bank Note Company plates No ABNCo monogram. Green patent date at right Imprint above lower borders | National Bank Note Company plates No ABNCo monogram. Green patent date at right Imprint above lower borders | Type 2 Pattern of lines in center around shield, Red | 1 only at top | View |
| 17c | N-4.17c | American Bank Note Company | — | National Bank Note Company plates No ABNCo monogram. No green patent date Imprint above lower borders | National Bank Note Company plates No ABNCo monogram. No green patent date Imprint above lower borders | Type 2 Pattern of lines in center around shield, Red | 199-204 at top | View |
| 17d | N-4.17d | American Bank Note Company | Over left serial number | National Bank Note Company plates No ABNCo monogram. Green patent date at right Imprint above lower borders | National Bank Note Company plates No ABNCo monogram. Green patent date at right Imprint above lower borders | Type 1 Solid center, without pattern, Red | 1 only at top | View |
