Obverse Text: NATIONAL CURRENCY / 5 / SECURED BY UNITED STATES BONDS OR UNITED STATES CERTIFICATES OF INDEBTEDNESS OR UNITED STATES ONE-YEAR GOLD NOTES, DEPOSITED WITH THE TREASURER OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / REGISTER OF THE TREASURY / TREASURER OF THE UNITED STATES / SERIES OF 1918 / THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK NEW YORK WILL PAY TO THE BEARER ON DEMAND FIVE DOLLARS / A / B3655557A / A5 / B-2 / CASHIER / GOVERNOR / MAY 18, 1914 / THESAUR / AMER / SEPTENT / SIGIL / FEDERAL RESERVE BANK NOTE / LINCOLN / AUTHORIZED BY THE ACTS OF DECEMBER 23, 1913, AND APRIL 23, 1918
Reverse Image: On the left, Columbus and men in sight of land. On the right, the Pilgrims landing at Plymouth Rock.
Reverse Text: FIVE DOLLARS / NATIONAL CURRENCY / FEDERAL RESERVE BANK NOTE / 5 / THIS NOTE IS RECEIVABLE AT PAR IN ALL PARTS OF THE UNITED STATES IN PAYMENT OF ALL TAXES AND EXCISES AND ALL OTHER DUES TO THE UNITED STATES EXCEPT DUTIES ON IMPORTS AND ALSO FOR ALL SALARIES AND OTHER DEBTS AND DEMANDS OWING BY THE UNITED STATES TO INDIVIDUALS COR-PORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS WITHIN THE UNITED STATES EXCEPT INTEREST ON PUBLIC DEBT