25 Cents "Postage Currency" - 1st issue

Features

Issuer	United States
Period	Federal republic (1776-date)
Type	Standard circulation banknotes
Year	1862
Value	25 Cents (0.25 USD)
Currency	Dollar (1785-date)
Composition	Papier
Size	78 × 48 mm
Shape	Prostokątny
Number	N# 335585
References	P# 99 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes). , Fr US# 1279-1282 Arthur Louis Friedberg, Ira S. Friedberg. Paper Money of the United States. Coin & Currency Institute (2 volumes).

Obverse

(en) Five 5 Cents United States postage stamp featuring Thomas Jefferson, with counters at top left and right corners.

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.

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

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 believe the ABC monogram of the American Bank Note Company was removed.

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Date	References		Frequency
Undetermined
1862	Fr US# 1279 Arthur Louis Friedberg, Ira S. Friedberg. Paper Money of the United States. Coin & Currency Institute (2 volumes). , P# 99a Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	(en) Perforated edges; ABC monogram on back	8%
1862	Fr US# 1280 Arthur Louis Friedberg, Ira S. Friedberg. Paper Money of the United States. Coin & Currency Institute (2 volumes). , P# 99b Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	(en) Perforated edges; w/o ABC monogram	4%
1862	Fr US# 1281 Arthur Louis Friedberg, Ira S. Friedberg. Paper Money of the United States. Coin & Currency Institute (2 volumes). , P# 99c Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	(en) Straight edges; ABC monogram on back	67%
1862	Fr US# 1282 Arthur Louis Friedberg, Ira S. Friedberg. Paper Money of the United States. Coin & Currency Institute (2 volumes). , P# 99d Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	(en) Straight edges; w/o ABC monogram	13%

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