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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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| Size | 189 × 80 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | FEDERAL RESERVE NOTE THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WILL PAY TO THE BEARER ON DEMAND AUTHORIZED BY FEDERAL RESERVE ACT OF DECEMBER 23, 1913 LINCOLN WASHINGTON, D. C. FIVE DOLLARS FEDERAL RESERVE NOTE |
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| Variants | P#359aA(1) - red seal A - Boston MA large District numeral and letter at top right and bottom left small letter at top left and bottom right P#359aA(2) - red seal A - Boston MA large District numeral and letter at top right and bottom left small District numeral and letter added above letter at top left P#359aB(1) - red seal B - New York NY large District numeral and letter at top right and bottom left small letter at top left and bottom right P#359aB(2) - red seal B - New York NY large District numeral and letter at top right and bottom left small District numeral and letter added above letter at top left P#359aC(1) - red seal C - Philadelphia PA large District numeral and letter at top right and bottom left small letter at top left and bottom right P#359aC(2) - red seal C - Philadelphia PA large District numeral and letter at top right and bottom left small District numeral and letter added above letter at top left P#359aD(1) - red seal D - Cleveland OH large District numeral and letter at top right and bottom left small letter at top left and bottom right P#359aD(2) - red seal D - Cleveland OH large District numeral and letter at top right and bottom left small District numeral and letter added above letter at top left P#359aE(1) - red seal E - Richmond VA large District numeral and letter at top right and bottom left small letter at top left and bottom right P#359aE(2) - red seal E - Richmond VA large District numeral and letter at top right and bottom left small District numeral and letter added above letter at top left P#359aF(1) - red seal F - Atlanta GA large District numeral and letter at top right and bottom left small letter at top left and bottom right P#359aF(2) - red seal F - Atlanta GA large District numeral and letter at top right and bottom left small District numeral and letter added above letter at top left P#359aG(1) - red seal G - Chicago IL large District numeral and letter at top right and bottom left small letter at top left and bottom right P#359aG(2) - red seal G - Chicago IL large District numeral and letter at top right and bottom left small District numeral and letter added above letter at top left P#359aH(1) - red seal H - St. Louis MO large District numeral and letter at top right and bottom left small letter at top left and bottom right P#359aH(2) - red seal H - St. Louis MO large District numeral and letter at top right and bottom left small District numeral and letter added above letter at top left P#359aI(1) - red seal I - Minneapolis MN large District numeral and letter at top right and bottom left small letter at top left and bottom right P#359aI(2) - red seal I - Minneapolis MN large District numeral and letter at top right and bottom left small District numeral and letter added above letter at top left P#359aJ(1) - red seal J - Kansas City MO large District numeral and letter at top right and bottom left small letter at top left and bottom right P#359aJ(2) - red seal J - Kansas City MO large District numeral and letter at top right and bottom left small District numeral and letter added above letter at top left P#359aK(1) - red seal K - Dallas TX large District numeral and letter at top right and bottom left small letter at top left and bottom right P#359aK(2) - red seal K - Dallas TX large District numeral and letter at top right and bottom left small District numeral and letter added above letter at top left P#359aL(1) - red seal L - San Francisco CA large District numeral and letter at top right and bottom left small letter at top left and bottom right P#359aL(2) - red seal L - San Francisco CA large District numeral and letter at top right and bottom left small District numeral and letter added above letter at top left P#359bA(1) - blue seal A - Boston MA signatures: Burke & McAdoo P#359bA(2) - blue seal A - Boston MA signatures: Burke & Glass P#359bA(3) - blue seal A - Boston MA signatures: Burke & Houston P#359bB(1) - blue seal B - New York NY signatures: Burke & McAdoo P#359bB(2) - blue seal B - New York NY signatures: Burke & Glass P#359bB(3) - blue seal B - New York NY signatures: Burke & Houston P#359bC(1) - blue seal C - Philadelphia PA signatures: Burke & McAdoo P#359bC(2) - blue seal C - Philadelphia PA signatures: Burke & Glass P#359bC(3) - blue seal C - Philadelphia PA signatures: Burke & Houston P#359bD(1) - blue seal D - Cleveland OH signatures: Burke & McAdoo P#359bD(2) - blue seal D - Cleveland OH signatures: Burke & Glass P#359bD(3) - blue seal D - Cleveland OH signatures: Burke & Houston P#359bE(1) - blue seal E - Richmond VA signatures: Burke & McAdoo P#359bE(2) - blue seal E - Richmond VA signatures: Burke & Glass P#359bE(3) - blue seal E - Richmond VA signatures: Burke & Houston P#359bF(1) - blue seal F - Atlanta GA signatures: Burke & McAdoo P#359bF(2) - blue seal F - Atlanta GA signatures: Burke & Glass P#359bF(3) - blue seal F - Atlanta GA signatures: Burke & Houston P#359bG(1) - blue seal G - Chicago IL signatures: Burke & McAdoo P#359bG(2) - blue seal G - Chicago IL signatures: Burke & Glass P#359bG(3) - blue seal G - Chicago IL signatures: Burke & Houston P#359bH(1) - blue seal H - St. Louis MO signatures: Burke & McAdoo P#359bH(2) - blue seal H - St. Louis MO signatures: Burke & Glass P#359bH(3) - blue seal H - St. Louis MO signatures: Burke & Houston P#359bI(1) - blue seal I - Minneapolis MN signatures: Burke & McAdoo P#359bI(2) - blue seal I - Minneapolis MN signatures: Burke & Glass P#359bI(3) - blue seal I - Minneapolis MN signatures: Burke & Houston P#359bJ(1) - blue seal J - Kansas City MO signatures: Burke & McAdoo P#359bJ(2) - blue seal J - Kansas City MO signatures: Burke & Glass P#359bJ(3) - blue seal J - Kansas City MO signatures: Burke & Houston P#359bK(1) - blue seal K - Dallas TX signatures: Burke & McAdoo P#359bK(2) - blue seal K - Dallas TX signatures: Burke & Glass P#359bK(3) - blue seal K - Dallas TX signatures: Burke & Houston P#359bL(1) - blue seal L - San Francisco CA signatures: Burke & McAdoo P#359bL(2) - blue seal L - San Francisco CA signatures: Burke & Glass P#359bL(3) - blue seal L - San Francisco CA signatures: Burke & Houston |
| Comments |
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.