Obverse Image: Statue of Freedom at left. Bust of Alexander Hamilton at lower right.
Obverse Text: FIVE / AMERICAN BANK NOTE CO. NEW YORK / NO. 51880 / SERIES 11. / 5 / THE UNITED STATES PROMISE TO PAY TO THE BEARER FIVE DOLLARS ON DEMAND / WASHINGTON / AUG. 10TH, 1861 / PAYABLE BY THE ASSISTANT TREASURER OF THE UNITED STATES AT PHILADELPHIA / D / ACT OF JULY 17, 1861. / RECEIVABLE IN PAYMENT OF ALL PUBLIC DUES.
Reverse Image: A repeating pattern of the number "5" in green ink.
Reverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / FIVE / FIVE DOLLARS / 5
Description
A Demand Note is a type of United States paper money that was issued between August 1861 and April 1862 during the American Civil War in denominations of 5, 10, and 20 United States Dollars. Demand notes were nicknamed "greenbacks" because of the back side of the note was printed in green ink.
Obverse Image: Statue of Freedom at left. Bust of Alexander Hamilton at lower right.
Obverse Text: FIVE / AMERICAN BANK NOTE CO. NEW YORK / NO. 66352 / SERIES 3. / 5 / D / THE UNITED STATES PROMISE TO PAY TO THE BEARER FIVE DOLLARS ON DEMAND / WASHINGTON / AUG. 10TH, 1861 / PAYABLE BY THE ASSISTANT TREASURER OF THE UNITED STATES AT NEW YORK / ACT OF JULY 17, 1861. / RECEIVABLE IN PAYMENT OF ALL PUBLIC DUES.
Reverse Image: A repeating pattern of the number "5" in green ink.
Reverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / FIVE / FIVE DOLLARS / 5
Description
A Demand Note is a type of United States paper money that was issued between August 1861 and April 1862 during the American Civil War in denominations of 5, 10, and 20 United States Dollars. Demand notes were nicknamed "greenbacks" because of the back side of the note was printed in green ink.
Obverse Image: Bust of Abraham Lincoln at the left. Eagle with a shield in center. Allegorical representation of Art at right.
Obverse Text: AMERICAN BANKNOTE CO. NEW YORK / WASHINGTON AUGUST 10TH, 1861. / A / 10 / ON DEMAND, THE UNITED STATES PROMISE TO PAY TO THE BEARER TEN DOLLARS / PATENTED 30 JUNE 1857. / ACT OF JULY 17, 1861 / NO. 49557 / SERIES 5. / PAYABLE BY THE ASST. TREASURER OF THE U.S. AT NEW YORK / RECEIVABLE IN PAYMENT OF ALL PUBLIC DUES.
Reverse Image: A star in a circle at each of the corners. A grid of X's create the background.
Reverse Text: TEN DOLLARS / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / X / 10 / TEN
Description
This ten-dollar “greenback,” given this name because of the fraud-deterrent green ink on the back of the bill, features Abraham Lincoln and was redeemable for coinage. Demand notes, like this one, were released in August 1861, the first time government paper money was issued since the Revolutionary War. Although this money was distributed by the government, it was made by the American Bank Note Company, the same company that produced private bank notes.
Obverse Image: Bust of Abraham Lincoln at the left. Eagle with a shield in center. Allegorical representation of Art at right.
Obverse Text: 10 / AMERICAN BANK NOTE CO. NEW YORK / WASHINGTON / AUGUST 10TH 1861. / ACT OF JULY 17, 1861. / ON DEMAND, THE UNITED STATES PROMISE TO PAY TO THE BEARER TEN DOLLARS / NO. 42002 / SERIES 6. / PAYABLE BY THE ASST. TREASURER OF THE U.S. AT NEW YORK / RECEIVABLE IN PAYMENT OF ALL PUBLIC DUES.
Reverse Image: A star in a circle at each of the corners. A grid of X's create the background.
Reverse Text: TEN DOLLARS / 10 X 10 / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Description
This ten-dollar “greenback,” given this name because of the fraud-deterrent green ink on the back of the bill, features Abraham Lincoln and was redeemable for coinage. Demand notes, like this one, were released in August 1861, the first time government paper money was issued since the Revolutionary War. Although this money was distributed by the government, it was made by the American Bank Note Company, the same company that produced private bank notes.
Obverse Image: Liberty holding a shield and sword.
Obverse Text: ACT OF JULY 17, 1861 / TWENTY / ON DEMAND THE UNITED STATES PROMISE TO PAY TWENTY DOLLARS TO THE BEARER / WASHINGTON, AUGUST 10TH, 1861 / PAYABLE BY THE ASST. TREASURER OF THE U.S. AT PHILADA. / RECEIVABLE IN PAYMENT OF ALL PUBLIC DUES. / AMERICAN BANK NOTE CO. NEW YORK / FOR THE REGISTER OF THE TREASURY / FOR THE TREASURER OF THE UNITED STATES / NO. 36687 / PATENTED 30 JUNE 1858 / C
Reverse Image: An ornate pattern in green ink with the number 20 within a shield in the center.
Reverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / 20
Description
A Demand Note is a type of United States paper money that was issued between August 1861 and April 1862 during the American Civil War in denominations of 5, 10, and 20 United States Dollars. Demand notes were nicknamed "greenbacks" because of the back side of the note was printed in green ink.
Obverse Image: Bust of Abraham Lincoln at the left. Eagle with a shield in center. Allegorical representation of Art at right.
Obverse Text: 10/ X / AMERICAN BANKNOTE CO. NEW YORK / WASHINGTON AUGUST 10TH, 1861. / A / ACT OF JULY 17, 1861 / ON DEMAND, THE UNITED STATES PROMISE TO PAY TO THE BEARER TEN DOLLARS / PATENTED 30 JUNE 1857. / NO. 42821 / PAYABLE BY THE ASST. TREASURER OF THE U.S. AT PHILADA. / RECEIVABLE IN PAYMENT OF ALL PUBLIC DUES
Reverse Image: A star in a circle at each of the four corners. A grid of X's create the background.
Reverse Text: TEN DOLLARS / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / X / 10 / TEN
Description
This ten-dollar “greenback,” given this name because of the fraud-deterrent green ink on the back of the bill, features Abraham Lincoln and was redeemable for coinage. Demand notes, like this one, were released in August 1861, the first time government paper money was issued since the Revolutionary War. Although this money was distributed by the government, it was made by the American Bank Note Company, the same company that produced private bank notes.
Obverse Image: Statue of Freedom at left. Bust of Alexander Hamilton at lower right.
Obverse Text: FIVE / AMERICAN BANK NOTE CO. NEW YORK / NO. 59787 / SERIES 12. / 5 / THE UNITED STATES PROMISE TO PAY TO THE BEARER FIVE DOLLARS ON DEMAND / WASHINGTON / AUG. 10TH, 1861 / PAYABLE BY THE ASSISTANT TREASURER OF THE UNITED STATES AT BOSTON / C / ACT OF JULY 17, 1861. / RECEIVABLE IN PAYMENT OF ALL PUBLIC DUES.
Reverse Image: A repeating pattern of the number "5" in green ink.
Reverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / FIVE / FIVE DOLLARS / 5
Description
A Demand Note is a type of United States paper money that was issued between August 1861 and April 1862 during the American Civil War in denominations of 5, 10, and 20 United States Dollars. Demand notes were nicknamed "greenbacks" because of the back side of the note was printed in green ink.