United States Note

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A United States Note was a form of U.S. government-issued paper currency, distinct from Federal Reserve Notes, that circulated as legal tender from the 19th century until its phase-out in the late 20th century.

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Generate an image of a united States Note (A United States Note was a form of U.S. government-issued paper currency, distinct from Federal Reserve Notes, that circulated as legal tender from the 19th century until its phase-out in the late 20th century.)

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf form of paper currency ⓘ
legal tender ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Legal Tender Note ⓘ
linked to: United States Note

U.S. Note ⓘ
linked to: United States Note
authorizingLegislation Legal Tender Act of 1862 ⓘ
subsequent Legal Tender Acts during the Civil War ⓘ
backing credit of the United States government ⓘ
circulationForm large-size notes (pre-1928) ⓘ
small-size notes (post-1928) ⓘ
circulationPeriodEnd late 20th century ⓘ
circulationPeriodStart 1862 ⓘ
collectibility sought by numismatists ⓘ
colorOfSeal red Treasury seal on small-size notes ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
denominationType fixed-denomination currency ⓘ
designFeature elaborate engravings and guilloché patterns ⓘ
portraits of prominent American statesmen ⓘ
distinctFrom Federal Reserve Note ⓘ
Gold Certificate ⓘ
Silver Certificate ⓘ
Treasury Note of 1890 ⓘ
faceValueUnit United States dollar ⓘ
linked to: US dollar
finalIssueDenomination 100-dollar note ⓘ
2-dollar note ⓘ
5-dollar note ⓘ
finalPrintingYear 1969 ⓘ
finalSeriesYear 1966 ⓘ
firstIssueYear 1862 ⓘ
governance issued directly by the U.S. Treasury rather than the Federal Reserve System ⓘ
governingLaw United States Code Title 31 provisions on United States currency ⓘ
historicalSignificance first widely circulating fiat paper money issued by the U.S. government ⓘ
introducedInPeriod American Civil War ⓘ
issuer United States Department of the Treasury ⓘ
issuingAuthorityText United States of America will pay to the bearer on demand ⓘ
largeSizeIssuesPeriodEnd 1928 ⓘ
legalTenderStatus legal tender for all debts public and private ⓘ
maximumAuthorizedAmount 346,681,016 dollars ⓘ
maximumAuthorizedAmountSetBy Congress of the United States ⓘ
monetaryRole component of the U.S. money supply in the 19th and 20th centuries ⓘ
obverseText This note is a legal tender for all debts public and private ⓘ
United States Note ⓘ
purpose to finance the Union government during the Civil War ⓘ
redeemability not originally redeemable in specie ⓘ
redeemabilityChange made redeemable in coin after the Resumption Act of 1875 ⓘ
replacedInPracticeBy Federal Reserve Notes ⓘ
serialNumberColor red serial numbers on small-size notes ⓘ
smallSizeIssuesStart 1928 ⓘ
statusAfterPhaseOut no longer issued ⓘ
remains legal tender ⓘ

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Federal Reserve Note → replaced → United States Note ⓘ
Gold Certificate → relatedTo → United States Note ⓘ
Silver Certificate → relatedTo → United States Note ⓘ
United States Note → alsoKnownAs → Legal Tender Note ⓘ
linked to: United States Note
United States Note → alsoKnownAs → U.S. Note ⓘ
linked to: United States Note
United States Note → obverseText → United States Note ⓘ
Barry McGuire → notableWork → Greenback Dollar ⓘ
linked to: United States Note
Legal Tender Act of 1862 → legalTenderStatus → United States Notes ⓘ
linked to: United States Note
United States banknote series → includesFormerType → United States Notes ⓘ
linked to: United States Note
Hepburn v. Griswold → concerns → United States Notes ⓘ
linked to: United States Note
Resumption of Specie Payments Act of 1875 → appliesTo → United States notes ⓘ
linked to: United States Note
Resumption of Specie Payments Act of 1875 → relatedTo → United States Notes ⓘ
linked to: United States Note
United States one-dollar bill (1860s series, as Treasury Secretary) → noteType → United States Legal Tender Note ⓘ
linked to: United States Note
United States one-dollar bill (1860s series, as Treasury Secretary) → noteSeries → 1860s United States Legal Tender Notes ⓘ
linked to: United States Note