5 Cents "Postage Currency" - 1st issue

Features

Issuer	United States
Period	Federal republic (1776-date)
Type	Standard circulation banknotes
Year	1862
Value	5 Cents (0.05 USD)
Currency	Dollar (1785-date)
Composition	Papier
Size	65 × 45 mm
Shape	Prostokątny
Number	N# 213449
References	P# 97 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes). , Fr US# 1228-1231 Arthur Louis Friedberg, Ira S. Friedberg. Paper Money of the United States. Coin & Currency Institute (2 volumes).

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Obverse

(en) 5 Cents United States postage stamp featuring Thomas Jefferson, with counters on each side.

Script: łaciński

Lettering:
POSTAGE CURRENCY
Furnished only by the
ASSISTANT TREASURERS
AND DESIGNATED DEPOSITORIES OF
THE U.S.
U.S. POSTAGE
FIVE CENTS
RECEIVABLE FOR POSTAGE STAMPS
AS ANY US POST OFFICE
NATIONAL BANK NOTE CO. N.Y.

Engravers: W. Marshall, Cyrus Durand, William D. Nichols

Designer: James Macdonough

Reverse

Duży licznik na środku Automatically translated

Script: łaciński

Lettering:
Exchangeable for United States Notes
by any Assistant Treasurer
or designated U.S. Depository
in sums of not less than
FIVE DOLLARS
Receivable in payment
of all dues to the U. States less that Five Dollars
ACT APPROVED JULY 17, 1862
ABC

Engraver: J. E. Van Houten

Designers: James P. Major, Nathaniel Jocelyn

Printers

American Banknote Corporation (American Bank Note Company), United States (1795-date)
National Bank Note Company, Nowy Jork, United States (1861-1872)

Comments

(en)

The notes were printed by two companies. The National Bank Note Company printed the front and the American Bank Note Company printed the backs. When the National Bank Note Company printed both sides it is believed the ABC monogram of the American Bank Note Company was removed.

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Date	F	References		Frequency
Undetermined
1862		Fr US# 1228 Arthur Louis Friedberg, Ira S. Friedberg. Paper Money of the United States. Coin & Currency Institute (2 volumes). , P# 97a Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	(en) Perforated edges; ABNC monogram on back.	10%
1862		Fr US# 1229 Arthur Louis Friedberg, Ira S. Friedberg. Paper Money of the United States. Coin & Currency Institute (2 volumes). , P# 97b Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	(en) Perforated edges; w/o ABNC monogram.	3%
1862	$ 59	Fr US# 1230 Arthur Louis Friedberg, Ira S. Friedberg. Paper Money of the United States. Coin & Currency Institute (2 volumes). , P# 97c Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	(en) Straight edges; ABNC monogram on back.	77%
1862		Fr US# 1231 Arthur Louis Friedberg, Ira S. Friedberg. Paper Money of the United States. Coin & Currency Institute (2 volumes). , P# 97d Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	(en) Straight edges; w/o ABNC monogram.	7%

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Version	Grade	Sold price
	Katz Auction 159 Lot 1679	3 Jun 2025	Undetermined	AU	USD 99.00 (EUR 86.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 163 Lot 1283	15 Jul 2025	Undetermined	XF	USD 58.71 (EUR 51.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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