The only difference among these bills is the color of the seal, here are the most valuable and sought-after varieties: We all know that the Federal Reserve Notes featured only green seals, but there were a number of different banknotes in America that featured different seals, and the $5 banknote is among them.Īll banknotes featured a simple design with Abraham Lincoln on the front side and the Lincoln Memorial on the backside. However, from 1928 until 1963 there were three different types of $5 banknotes in circulation.
Today they can be precious if their condition is good.
These first $5 bills were called large-size legal tender bills. The five dollar bill was created by the National Currency Act on February 25, 1863.
