5 Dollars 'Continental Currency' - United States

Issuer	Continental Congress of the United States
Year	1778
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Printer	Hall and Sellers
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Obverse description	Central vignette within a double-ruled circular border presents a hand grasping a thorned bramble plant, blood issuing from the wound, rendered in letterpress engraving — a classical emblem of stoic endurance. The Latin motto SUSTINE · VEL · ABSTINE ("Bear or Forbear") encircles the vignette within the roundel. The right-hand field carries the redemption text in italic script, while ornate typographic border work frames all four sides of the note, with the denomination FIVE DOLLARS repeated at upper and lower left.
Obverse lettering	FIVE DOLLARS. THIS Bill entitles the Bearer to receive FIVE SPANISH MILLED DOLLARS, or the Value thereof in GOLD or SILVER, according to a Resolution passed by CONGRESS, at Philadelphia, September 26th, 1778. SUSTINE · VEL · ABSTINE. FIVE DOLLARS.
Reverse description	The central field is occupied by two large leaves of the willow (or nature-print type) arranged in a saltire cross formation, a nature-printing technique used as an early anti-counterfeiting device. The printer's imprint appears in the upper margin, and the denomination FIVE DOLLARS is set in bold letterpress type at the foot of the note, all enclosed within a decorative typographic border of floral and geometric ornaments.
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