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5 Dollars United States Note, Red Seal right, with motto
| Issuer | United States Treasury |
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| Year | 1963 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1785-date) |
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| Obverse description | Central intaglio vignette of Abraham Lincoln facing right, printed in black on a fine guilloche underprint. The Treasurer's signature and numeral '5' appear at left, while the Secretary of the Treasury's signature and a red circular Treasury seal are positioned at right. Serial numbers are printed in red, with the legal tender obligation inscribed above the portrait. |
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| Reverse description | Central intaglio vignette of the Lincoln Memorial rendered in green, enclosed within an oval guilloche border, with the motto 'IN GOD WE TRUST' on a scroll above the building. Large numeral '5' medallions appear in the upper left and right corners, flanked by ornate acanthus scroll work, with 'FIVE' repeated vertically along both side borders and 'FIVE DOLLARS' in bold serif lettering across the lower portion. |
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By 1963, United States Notes were functionally obsolete — Federal Reserve Notes had long since dominated commerce — but a federal statute required the Treasury to maintain at least $300 million in U.S. Notes in circulation, a Depression-era obligation that nobody had bothered to repeal. These were printed to satisfy that legal floor, not any economic need. The 1963 series was among the last; President Kennedy briefly considered expanding U.S. Note issuance as an alternative to Fed-issued currency, though nothing came of it.
The addition of "IN GOD WE TRUST" to this series was the first appearance of the motto on U.S. paper currency, mandated by Congress in 1955 but not implemented on small-size notes until this issue.