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5 Dollars Large-Size Federal Reserve Note
| Issuer | Federal Reserve Bank of the United States |
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| Year | 1914 |
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| Value | 5 Dollars (5 USD) |
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| Reverse lettering | FIVE DOLLARS FEDERAL RESERVE NOTE FIVE DOLLARS THIS NOTE IS RECEIVABLE BY ALL NATIONAL AND MEMBER BANKS AND FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS AND FOR ALL TAXES, CUSTOMS AND OTHER PUBLIC DUES. IT IS REDEEMABLE IN GOLD ON DEMAND AT THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT OF THE UNITED STATES IN THE CITY OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA OR IN GOLD OR LAWFUL MONEY AT ANY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK. |
| Signature(s) | blue seal A - Boston MA - Burke & McAdoo blue seal A - Boston MA - Burke & Glass blue seal A - Boston MA - Burke & Houston blue seal B - New York NY - Burke & McAdoo blue seal B - New York NY - Burke & Glass blue seal B - New York NY - Burke & Houston blue seal C - Philadelphia PA - Burke & McAdoo blue seal C - Philadelphia PA - Burke & Glass blue seal C - Philadelphia PA - Burke & Houston blue seal D - Cleveland OH - Burke & McAdoo blue seal D - Cleveland OH - Burke & Glass blue seal D - Cleveland OH - Burke & Houston blue seal E - Richmond VA - Burke & McAdoo blue seal E - Richmond VA - Burke & Glass blue seal E - Richmond VA - Burke & Houston blue seal F - Atlanta GA - Burke & McAdoo blue seal F - Atlanta GA - Burke & Glass blue seal F - Atlanta GA - Burke & Houston blue seal G - Chicago IL - Burke & McAdoo blue seal G - Chicago IL - Burke & Glass blue seal G - Chicago IL - Burke & Houston blue seal H - St. Louis MO - Burke & McAdoo blue seal H - St. Louis MO - Burke & Glass blue seal H - St. Louis MO - Burke & Houston blue seal I - Minneapolis MN - Burke & McAdoo blue seal I - Minneapolis MN - Burke & Glass blue seal I - Minneapolis MN - Burke & Houston blue seal J - Kansas City MO - Burke & McAdoo blue seal J - Kansas City MO - Burke & Glass blue seal J - Kansas City MO - Burke & Houston blue seal K - Dallas TX - Burke & McAdoo blue seal K - Dallas TX - Burke & Glass blue seal K - Dallas TX - Burke & Houston blue seal L - San Francisco CA - Burke & McAdoo blue seal L - San Francisco CA - Burke & Glass blue seal L - San Francisco CA - Burke & Houston |
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The Federal Reserve Act of December 1913 created twelve regional banks and mandated a new class of currency to replace the National Bank Notes that had dominated American commerce since the Civil War. These 1914 issues were among the first notes to carry the new Federal Reserve seal, initially printed with a red seal before Congress authorized the blue-seal series later that year. Three Treasury Secretaries — McAdoo, Glass, and Houston — cycle through the signature combinations, which is why collectors encounter so many district and signature permutations: thirty-six in total across twelve banks.
Carter Glass, whose name appears on the middle signature pairing, was the primary congressional architect of the Federal Reserve Act itself — an unusual circumstance in which a legislator responsible for creating the system later signed its currency as Treasury Secretary.