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5 Dollars United States Note - 'Woodchopper note'
| Issuer | United States Treasury |
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| Year | 1907 |
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| Value | 5 Dollars (5 USD) |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette portrays a pioneer woodchopper at work alongside his dog, wife, and child, rendered in fine intaglio engraving within an ornate frame. A portrait of Andrew Jackson occupies the left panel, set within a circular guilloche surround. The note is printed in black with red serial numbers and a red Treasury seal to the right of center. |
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| Reverse lettering | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA THIS NOTE IS A LEGAL TENDER AT ITS FACE VALUE FOR ALL DEBTS PUBLIC AND PRIVATE. except Duties on Imports and Interest ON THE PUBLIC DEBT COUNTERFEITING OR ALTERING THIS NOTE or passing any Counterfeit or Alteration of it, or having in possession any false or counterfeit plate or impression of it, or any paper made in imitation of the Paper on which it is printed is Felony, and is punishable by Five Thousand ($5,000) Dollars FINE, or Fifteen (15) years imprisonment at Hard Labor or both. SERIES OF 1907 BUREAU OF ENGRAVING & PRINTING WASHINGTON D.C. |
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By 1907, United States Notes were an anachronism — Civil War-era debt instruments still technically in circulation because the Legal Tender Acts had never been fully unwound. This particular $5 note belongs to the 1901 series, a design that remained in production for years past its nominal date. The "Woodchopper" nickname, applied by collectors, derives from the central vignette, but the note's real curiosity is institutional: it was issued not by a bank but directly by the Treasury, carrying the signatures of the Register and the Treasurer rather than any Federal Reserve or National Bank officer.
The 1907 series date reflects a change in Treasury signatories, not a new printing contract.