50 Cents "Postage Currency" - 1st issue

Features

Issuer	United States
Period	Federal republic (1776-date)
Type	Standard circulation banknotes
Year	1862
Value	50 Cents (0.50 USD)
Currency	Dollar (1785-date)
Composition	Papier
Shape	Prostokątny
Demonetized	1876
Number	N# 285781
References	P# 100 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes). , Fr US# 1310-1313 Arthur Louis Friedberg, Ira S. Friedberg. Paper Money of the United States. Coin & Currency Institute (2 volumes).

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Obverse

(en) Depiction of five 10 Cent U.S. Postage stamps featuring George Washington

Script: łaciński

Lettering:
POSTAGE CURRENCY
FURNISHED ONLY BY THE ASSISTANT TREASURERS
AND DESIGNATED DEPOSITARIES OF THE U.S.

RECEIVABLE FOR POSTAGE STAMPS
AT ANY POST OFFICE.

Reverse

Script: łaciński

Lettering:
EXCHANGEABLE FOR UNITED STATES NOTES
by any Assistant Treasurer
or designated U.S. Depository
in sums not less than
FIVE DOLLARS. Receivable in
payment of all dues to the U.States less than
FIVE DOLLARS.
Act approved July 17, 1862

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Date	References		Frequency
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1862	Fr US# 1310 Arthur Louis Friedberg, Ira S. Friedberg. Paper Money of the United States. Coin & Currency Institute (2 volumes). , P# 100a Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	(en) 12 perforations per 20 mm. ABNC monogram on back.	15%
1862	Fr US# 1310 Arthur Louis Friedberg, Ira S. Friedberg. Paper Money of the United States. Coin & Currency Institute (2 volumes). , P# 100b Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	(en) 14 perforations per 20 mm. ABNC monogram on back.	8%
1862	Fr US# 1311 Arthur Louis Friedberg, Ira S. Friedberg. Paper Money of the United States. Coin & Currency Institute (2 volumes). , P# 100c Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	(en) Perforated edges. No monogram.	8%
1862	Fr US# 1312 Arthur Louis Friedberg, Ira S. Friedberg. Paper Money of the United States. Coin & Currency Institute (2 volumes). , P# 100d Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	(en) Straight edges. ABNC monogram on back.	77%
1862	Fr US# 1313 Arthur Louis Friedberg, Ira S. Friedberg. Paper Money of the United States. Coin & Currency Institute (2 volumes). , P# 100e Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	(en) Straight edges. No monogram.	15%

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