A portrait of Lincoln in an oval frame. Blue serial numbers on top right and bottom left.
Reverse description
A picture of a group of men looking up to one man on the left and Christopher Columbus`s discovery of the New World on the right.
Signature(s)
John Burke, William Gibbs McAdoo Jr., Carter Glass, David Franklin Houston, Frank White, Andrew William Mellon,
Protection type
Protection description
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
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.
