5 Dollars, Demand Note, United States, 1861
date: label: date on object
content: 1861-08-10
label: date made
content: 1861
name: label: depicted
content: Hamilton, Alexander
label: issuing authority
content: Department of the Treasury
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) 5 dollar note
label: Description (Brief)
content: United States, 1861
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: Statue of Freedom at left. Bust of Alexander Hamilton at lower right.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: FIVE / AMERICAN BANK NOTE CO. NEW YORK / NO. 59787 / SERIES 12. / 5 / THE UNITED STATES PROMISE TO PAY TO THE BEARER FIVE DOLLARS ON DEMAND / WASHINGTON / AUG. 10TH, 1861 / PAYABLE BY THE ASSISTANT TREASURER OF THE UNITED STATES AT BOSTON / C / ACT OF JULY 17, 1861. / RECEIVABLE IN PAYMENT OF ALL PUBLIC DUES.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: A repeating pattern of the number "5" in green ink.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / FIVE / FIVE DOLLARS / 5
label: Description
content: A Demand Note is a type of United States paper money that was issued between August 1861 and April 1862 during the American Civil War in denominations of 5, 10, and 20 United States Dollars. Demand notes were nicknamed "greenbacks" because of the back side of the note was printed in green ink.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
label: city
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
label: Payable at U.S. Treasury in
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
label: Associated Place
content: United States
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content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
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content: Demand Notes
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content: Coins, Currency and Medals
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: U.S. Department of the Treasury
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: NU.78.5.086
label: accession number
content: 1978.0941
label: catalog number
content: 78.5.086
label: serial number
content: 59787
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Greenback
label: Object Name
content: note
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 cm x 18.85 cm x .01 cm; 3 5/32 in x 7 13/32 in x in