United States Legal Tender (United States Notes) notes consisted of five issues:
The first issue of March 10, 1862, was issued in denominations of $5, $10, $20, $50, $100, $500 and $1,000. There are two seperate obligationson the reverse side of these notes.
The second issue, dated August 1, 1862, was confined to $1 and $2 notes, although the face design does indicate that a $3 denomination was planned, but not released.
The third issue, dated March 10, 1863, was printed in the same denominations as the first issue, but changes were made to the back design.
The fourth issue was printed under authority of the Congressional Act of March 3rd, 1863. These notes were issued from $1 to $10,000 denominations and included the of Series 1869, 1874, 1878, 1880, 1907, 1917 and 1923, with all except the 1869 notes carrying the designation "United States Note." The 1869 series was designated as "Treasury Note." The United States introduced paper with silk threads as a deterrent to counterfeiting with the Series 1869 notes.
The fifth issue was limited to the $10 denomination series of 1901. (The Bison Note). These notes were issued under the authority of the Legal Tender Acts of 1862 and 1863.
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It is hard to see why this is a PMG-64EPQ and not a 65EPQ. The EPQ qualification tells us it is fully prigional and the margins and color certainly se...
This is a pristine example of a 1917 $1 Legal Tender. This spectacular note features perfect margins and centering with embossing that can be seen thr...
This is a super 2-digit 1899 $1 Black Eagle Silver Certificate. The serial number is V44V and it is in a PMG-65EPQ & GE holder. Notice the "GE" that m...
Check out this beauty. A 1917 $1 Legal Tender with the second lowest serial number of K2A. Only the $30,000 K1A note has a lower serial number. It is ...
This is a very nice example of the 1923 $1 Legal Tender, which was the last of the large size notes. It features the red scallop seal to the left alon...
This is a superb 1869 $1 Rainbow Legal Tender as a type note. Although slightly circulated it has no rips, tears, pinholes or bank marks. The 1869 Rai...
This is the ever popular 1862 $1 Legal Tender. One of our first notes ever issued during the Civil War. The bust is of Salmon P Chase who was the Sec...
This is a beautiful 1917 $1 LT Sawhorse Legal Tender note with nice margins and stunning colors. It is certified by the highly respected grading servi...
This is a very nice and clean 1917 $1 Legal Tender in a PCGS-64 grade. Serial # A31A.IT WAS FORMALLY A CGA-67 holder. However, everybody grades differ...
This is one cool FR-16C1862 $1 Legal Tender in a PCGS-63PPQ holder. Like most of these notes the margins are tight but the eye appeal, color and surfa...
This 1917 $1 Legal Tender is one of the highest graded notes of its kind. This "Sawhorse" Legal Tender is destined for those who are putting together ...
This is a very nice 1917 $1 Legal Tender star or a FR-37*. The serial number *7453251B. It has been graded as a PMG VF-40. It faces up real nice for t...
This is a ver nice and well centered 1917 $1 Legal Tender Star note. This note is from the Famous Rickey Collection that was auctioned off a few years...
This is a Fr-39 1917 $1 LT star. it looks a lot better than the scan. there is two pinholes in the Vignette on the left evidenced by the brown spot on...
This is a very nice example of the 1880 $1 Legal Tender commonly referred to as the Sawhorse Note because of its back design. On the front it features...
Here is a very nice Fr.-36* or a 1917 $1 Legal Tender star note. This type of note is commonly refered to as the Saw Horse note because of its back de...
This is the famous 1869 $1 Rainbow note. It is called a rainbow note because of the color design on the face resembles the color spectrum of a rainbow...
