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5 Dollars Federal Reserve Note, small portrait
| Issuer | Federal Reserve System |
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| Year | 1963-1988 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Intaglio-printed in black on a green underprint, with an oval vignette of Abraham Lincoln at center; the circular Federal Reserve Bank seal with district letter appears to the left of the portrait alongside the Treasurer's signature, while the green Treasury seal and Secretary's signature are positioned to the right. Denomination numerals occupy each corner, and the obligation and issuing authority legends are rendered in letterpress across the upper and lower margins. Fine guilloche lacework forms the background underprint across the face of the note. |
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| Obverse lettering | FEDERAL RESERVE NOTE THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA THIS NOTE IS LEGAL TENDER FOR ALL DEBTS, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE WASHINGTON, D.C. Treasurer of the United States LINCOLN Secretary of the Treasury FIVE DOLLARS |
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The "small portrait" designation distinguishes this series from the 1996 redesign, when the BEP shifted to enlarged, off-center vignettes and added security threads and color-shifting ink in response to increasingly sophisticated counterfeiting. The notes covered by P#444 were the last generation produced before that overhaul, printed under an essentially unchanged intaglio format that dated back to the 1929 small-size standardization.
Replacement notes — star notes — for this series used a suffix asterisk rather than the prefix position common on many other issues. The 1963 series proper spans an unusually wide range of district and signature combinations, reflecting normal turnover at Treasury rather than any monetary event.