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5 Dollars Federal Reserve Note, Large FIVE, Branch ID in Numbers
| Issuer | Federal Reserve Bank / United States Treasury |
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| Year | 1928 |
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| Printer | Bureau of Engraving and Printing |
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| Reverse lettering | THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA LINCOLN MEMORIAL FIVE DOLLARS |
| Signature(s) | series 1928A (A/1 - L/12) - Woods & Mellon series 1928A (A/1 - L/12) - Tate & Mellon series 1928B (A/1 - L/12) - Woods & Mellon seal color: forest green series 1928B (A/1 - L/12) - Woods & Mellon seal color: transitional green series 1928B (A/1 - L/12) - Woods & Mellon seal color: yellow green series 1928C (D/4, F/6 & L/12) - Woods & Mills series 1928D (F/6) - Woods & Woodin |
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The 1928 series marked the Federal Reserve's shift to the smaller "small-size" format — a cost-cutting redesign that standardized all U.S. currency dimensions and retired the large-size notes that had been in circulation since the Civil War era. What makes P#420 particularly interesting to specialists is the seal color variation within the 1928B subseries: the transition from forest green through "transitional green" to yellow-green reflects mid-run ink formula changes at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, and distinguishing between them requires good lighting and a reference set — catalog descriptions alone are insufficient.
The 1928D is notably scarce, issued only by the Dallas district (F/6) under the brief Woodin tenure. William Woodin served as Treasury Secretary for less than a year before illness forced his resignation in late 1933, making his signature combinations among the shortest-lived of any U.S. currency run.