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5 Dollars United States Note, Red Seal right, no motto
| Issuer | United States Treasury |
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| Year | 1953 |
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| Value | 5 Dollars (5 USD) |
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| Reverse lettering | THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FIVE DOLLARS FIVE FIVE FIVE FIVE LINCOLN MEMORIAL |
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| Variants | P#381a - series 1953A signatures: Priest & Anderson P#381b - series 1953B signatures: Smith & Dillon P#381c - series 1953C signatures: Granahan & Dillon |
| Comments |
By 1953, United States Notes — obligations of the Treasury rather than Federal Reserve liabilities — were an anachronism kept alive largely by statute. A 1878 law required the Treasury to maintain at least $346,681,016 in United States Notes in circulation, so the series continued not out of monetary necessity but legal obligation.
The 1953C signature pairing of Granahan and Dillon is the scarcest of the three runs. Series 1953B had a dramatically shorter print run than 1953A, making block letter combinations from that series disproportionately difficult to complete in any meaningful sequence.