20 Dollars Large-Size Federal Reserve Note
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Features
| Issuer |
United States
 |
|---|---|
| Issuing entity | United States Department of the Treasury |
| Period |
Federal republic (1776-date)
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| Type | Standard circulation banknotes |
| Year | 1914 |
| Value | 20 Dollars (20 USD) |
| Currency | Dollar (1785-date) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 189 × 80 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Number | N# 220521 |
| References | Fr US# 0952A, 0952B, etc. Arthur Louis Friedberg, Ira S. Friedberg. Paper Money of the United States. Coin & Currency Institute (2 volumes). Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes). |
Series: Series of 1914
Obverse
A portrait of S. Grover Cleveland in an oval frame. Blue Treasury Seal at right
Blue serial numbers on top right and bottom left.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
FEDERAL RESERVE NOTE
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
SERIES OF 1914
AUTHORIZED BY FEDERAL RESERVE ACT
OF DECEMBER 23, 1913
Washington, D.C.
CLEVELAND
WILL PAY TO THE BEARER ON DEMAND
TWENTY DOLLARS
FEDERAL RESERVE NOTE
Reverse
Script: Latin
Lettering:
TWENTY DOLLARS
FEDERAL RESERVE NOTE
TWENTY DOLLARS
THIS NOTE IS RECEIVABLE BY ALL NATIONAL AND MEMBER BANKS AND FEDERAL RESERVE
BANKS AND FOR ALL TAXES, CUSTOMS AND OTHER PUBLIC DUES. IT IS REDEEMABLE IN GOLD ON
DEMAND AT THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT OF THE UNITED STATES IN THE CITY OF WASHINGTON,
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA OR IN GOLD OR LAWFUL MONEY AT ANY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK.
Signatures
| John Burke (JB) | Treasurer of the United States |
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| William Gibbs McAdoo Jr. (WGMJ) | Secretary of the Treasury |
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| Frank White (FW) | Treasurer of the United States |
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| Andrew William Mellon (AWM) | Secretary of the Treasury |
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| David Franklin Houston (DFH) | Secretary of the Treasury |
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| Carter Glass (CG) | Secretary of the Treasury |
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Comments
(Red Seals) Any Friedberg numbers with an A indicate a note with plate style a. This plate style only has notations for the Federal Reserve district in the upper right and lower left corners. These are large-sized.
(Red Seals) Any Friedberg numbers with a B indicate a note with plate style b. This plate style has notations in all 4 corners for the Federal Reserve district. The upper right and lower left corners are large size notations. The upper left and lower right are small-size.
(Blue Seals) Any Friedberg numbers with an A indicate a note with plate style b. This plate style, on the face, uses large size notations for the Federal Reserve district in the upper right and lower left corners. These notes also have a wider distance between seals on the face.
(Blue Seals) Any Friedberg numbers with a B indicate a note with plate style c. This plate style, on the face, uses only one large size notation for the Federal Reserve district in the upper right corner. The other three notations are small size.
(Red Seals) Any Friedberg numbers with a B indicate a note with plate style b. This plate style has notations in all 4 corners for the Federal Reserve district. The upper right and lower left corners are large size notations. The upper left and lower right are small-size.
(Blue Seals) Any Friedberg numbers with an A indicate a note with plate style b. This plate style, on the face, uses large size notations for the Federal Reserve district in the upper right and lower left corners. These notes also have a wider distance between seals on the face.
(Blue Seals) Any Friedberg numbers with a B indicate a note with plate style c. This plate style, on the face, uses only one large size notation for the Federal Reserve district in the upper right corner. The other three notations are small size.
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| Date | Signatures | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | References | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1914 | JB, WGMJ | Fr US# 0952AArthur Louis Friedberg, Ira S. Friedberg. Paper Money of the United States. Coin & Currency Institute (2 volumes). |
Red seal. 1-A (Boston, Massachusetts) | ||||||||||||
| 1914 | JB, WGMJ | Fr US# 0952BArthur Louis Friedberg, Ira S. Friedberg. Paper Money of the United States. Coin & Currency Institute (2 volumes). |
Red seal. 1-A (Boston, Massachusetts) | ||||||||||||
| 1914 | JB, WGMJ | Fr US# 0953AArthur Louis Friedberg, Ira S. Friedberg. Paper Money of the United States. Coin & Currency Institute (2 volumes). |
Red seal. 2-B (New York, New York) | ||||||||||||
| 1914 | JB, WGMJ | Fr US# 0953BArthur Louis Friedberg, Ira S. Friedberg. Paper Money of the United States. Coin & Currency Institute (2 volumes). |
Red seal. 2-B (New York, New York) | ||||||||||||
| 1914 | JB, WGMJ | Fr US# 0954AArthur Louis Friedberg, Ira S. Friedberg. Paper Money of the United States. Coin & Currency Institute (2 volumes). |
Red seal. 3-C (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) | ||||||||||||
| 1914 | JB, WGMJ | Fr US# 0954BArthur Louis Friedberg, Ira S. Friedberg. Paper Money of the United States. Coin & Currency Institute (2 volumes). |
Red seal. 3-C (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) | ||||||||||||
| 1914 | JB, WGMJ | Fr US# 0955AArthur Louis Friedberg, Ira S. Friedberg. Paper Money of the United States. Coin & Currency Institute (2 volumes). |
Red seal. 4-D (Cleveland, Ohio) | ||||||||||||
| 1914 | JB, WGMJ | Fr US# 0955BArthur Louis Friedberg, Ira S. Friedberg. Paper Money of the United States. Coin & Currency Institute (2 volumes). |
Red seal. 4-D (Cleveland, Ohio) | ||||||||||||
| 1914 | JB, WGMJ | Fr US# 0956AArthur Louis Friedberg, Ira S. Friedberg. Paper Money of the United States. Coin & Currency Institute (2 volumes). |
Red seal. 5-E (Richmond, Virginia) | ||||||||||||
| 1914 | JB, WGMJ | Fr US# 0956BArthur Louis Friedberg, Ira S. Friedberg. Paper Money of the United States. Coin & Currency Institute (2 volumes). |
Red seal. 5-E (Richmond, Virginia) | ||||||||||||
| 1914 | JB, WGMJ | Fr US# 0957AArthur Louis Friedberg, Ira S. Friedberg. Paper Money of the United States. Coin & Currency Institute (2 volumes). |
Red seal. 6-F (Atlanta, Georgia) | ||||||||||||
| 1914 | JB, WGMJ | Fr US# 0957BArthur Louis Friedberg, Ira S. Friedberg. Paper Money of the United States. Coin & Currency Institute (2 volumes). |
Red seal. 6-F (Atlanta, Georgia) | ||||||||||||
| 1914 | JB, WGMJ | Fr US# 0958AArthur Louis Friedberg, Ira S. Friedberg. Paper Money of the United States. Coin & Currency Institute (2 volumes). |
Red seal. 7-G (Chicago, Illinois) | ||||||||||||
| 1914 | JB, WGMJ | Fr US# 0958BArthur Louis Friedberg, Ira S. Friedberg. Paper Money of the United States. Coin & Currency Institute (2 volumes). |
Red seal. 7-G (Chicago, Illinois) | ||||||||||||
| 1914 | JB, WGMJ | Fr US# 0959AArthur Louis Friedberg, Ira S. Friedberg. Paper Money of the United States. Coin & Currency Institute (2 volumes). |
Red seal. 8-H (St. Louis, Missouri) | ||||||||||||
| 1914 | JB, WGMJ | Fr US# 0959BArthur Louis Friedberg, Ira S. Friedberg. Paper Money of the United States. Coin & Currency Institute (2 volumes). |
Red seal. 8-H (St. Louis, Missouri) | ||||||||||||
| 1914 | JB, WGMJ | Fr US# 0960AArthur Louis Friedberg, Ira S. Friedberg. Paper Money of the United States. Coin & Currency Institute (2 volumes). |
Red seal. 9-I (Minneapolis, Minnesota) | ||||||||||||
| 1914 | JB, WGMJ | Fr US# 0960BArthur Louis Friedberg, Ira S. Friedberg. Paper Money of the United States. Coin & Currency Institute (2 volumes). |
Red seal. 9-I (Minneapolis, Minnesota) | ||||||||||||
| 1914 | JB, WGMJ | Fr US# 0961AArthur Louis Friedberg, Ira S. Friedberg. Paper Money of the United States. Coin & Currency Institute (2 volumes). |
Red seal. 10-J (Kansas City, Missouri) | ||||||||||||
| 1914 | JB, WGMJ | Fr US# 0961BArthur Louis Friedberg, Ira S. Friedberg. Paper Money of the United States. Coin & Currency Institute (2 volumes). |
Red seal. 10-J (Kansas City, Missouri) | ||||||||||||
| 1914 | JB, WGMJ | Fr US# 0962AArthur Louis Friedberg, Ira S. Friedberg. Paper Money of the United States. Coin & Currency Institute (2 volumes). |
Red seal. 11-K (Dallas, Texas) | ||||||||||||
| 1914 | JB, WGMJ | Fr US# 0962BArthur Louis Friedberg, Ira S. Friedberg. Paper Money of the United States. Coin & Currency Institute (2 volumes). |
Red seal. 11-K (Dallas, Texas) | ||||||||||||
| 1914 | JB, WGMJ | Fr US# 0963AArthur Louis Friedberg, Ira S. Friedberg. Paper Money of the United States. Coin & Currency Institute (2 volumes). |
Red seal. 12-L (San Francisco, California) | ||||||||||||
| 1914 | JB, WGMJ | Fr US# 0963BArthur Louis Friedberg, Ira S. Friedberg. Paper Money of the United States. Coin & Currency Institute (2 volumes). |
Red seal. 12-L (San Francisco, California) | ||||||||||||
| 1914 | JB, WGMJ | Fr US# 964Arthur Louis Friedberg, Ira S. Friedberg. Paper Money of the United States. Coin & Currency Institute (2 volumes). |
Blue seal. 1-A (Boston, Massachusetts) | ||||||||||||
| 1914 | FW, AWM | Fr US# 967Arthur Louis Friedberg, Ira S. Friedberg. Paper Money of the United States. Coin & Currency Institute (2 volumes). |
Blue seal. 1-A (Boston, Massachusetts) | ||||||||||||
| 1914 | JB, WGMJ | Fr US# 968Arthur Louis Friedberg, Ira S. Friedberg. Paper Money of the United States. Coin & Currency Institute (2 volumes). |
Blue seal. 2-B (New York, New York) | ||||||||||||
| 1914 | FW, AWM | Fr US# 0971AArthur Louis Friedberg, Ira S. Friedberg. Paper Money of the United States. Coin & Currency Institute (2 volumes). |
Blue seal. 2-B (New York, New York) | ||||||||||||
| 1914 | JB, WGMJ | Fr US# 972Arthur Louis Friedberg, Ira S. Friedberg. Paper Money of the United States. Coin & Currency Institute (2 volumes). |
Blue seal. 3-C (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) | ||||||||||||
| 1914 | FW, AWM | Fr US# 975Arthur Louis Friedberg, Ira S. Friedberg. Paper Money of the United States. Coin & Currency Institute (2 volumes). |
Blue seal. 3-C (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) | ||||||||||||
| 1914 | JB, WGMJ | Fr US# 976Arthur Louis Friedberg, Ira S. Friedberg. Paper Money of the United States. Coin & Currency Institute (2 volumes). |
Blue seal. 4-D (Cleveland) | ||||||||||||
| 1914 | FW, AWM | Fr US# 0979AArthur Louis Friedberg, Ira S. Friedberg. Paper Money of the United States. Coin & Currency Institute (2 volumes). |
Blue seal. 4-D (Cleveland, Ohio) | ||||||||||||
| 1914 | FW, AWM | Fr US# 0983AArthur Louis Friedberg, Ira S. Friedberg. Paper Money of the United States. Coin & Currency Institute (2 volumes). |
Blue seal. 5-E (Richmond, Virginia) | ||||||||||||
| 1914 | JB, WGMJ | Fr US# 984Arthur Louis Friedberg, Ira S. Friedberg. Paper Money of the United States. Coin & Currency Institute (2 volumes). |
Blue seal. 6-F (Atlanta, Georgia) | ||||||||||||
| 1914 | JB, DFH | Fr US# 985Arthur Louis Friedberg, Ira S. Friedberg. Paper Money of the United States. Coin & Currency Institute (2 volumes). |
Blue seal. 6-F (Atlanta, Georgia) | ||||||||||||
| 1914 | FW, AWM | Fr US# 0986AArthur Louis Friedberg, Ira S. Friedberg. Paper Money of the United States. Coin & Currency Institute (2 volumes). |
Blue seal. 6-F (Atlanta, Georgia) | ||||||||||||
| 1914 | JB, CG | Fr US# 989Arthur Louis Friedberg, Ira S. Friedberg. Paper Money of the United States. Coin & Currency Institute (2 volumes). |
Blue seal. 7-G (Chicago, Illinois) | ||||||||||||
| 1914 | JB, DFH | Fr US# 990Arthur Louis Friedberg, Ira S. Friedberg. Paper Money of the United States. Coin & Currency Institute (2 volumes). |
Blue seal. 7-G (Chicago, Illinois) | ||||||||||||
| 1914 | FW, AWM | Fr US# 0991AArthur Louis Friedberg, Ira S. Friedberg. Paper Money of the United States. Coin & Currency Institute (2 volumes). |
Blue seal. 7-G (Chicago, Illinois) | ||||||||||||
| 1914 | JB, WGMJ | Fr US# 992Arthur Louis Friedberg, Ira S. Friedberg. Paper Money of the United States. Coin & Currency Institute (2 volumes). |
Blue seal. 8-H (St. Louis, Missouri) | ||||||||||||
| 1914 | JB, CG | Fr US# 993Arthur Louis Friedberg, Ira S. Friedberg. Paper Money of the United States. Coin & Currency Institute (2 volumes). |
Blue seal. 8-H (St. Louis, Missouri) | ||||||||||||
| 1914 | JB, WGMJ | Fr US# 996Arthur Louis Friedberg, Ira S. Friedberg. Paper Money of the United States. Coin & Currency Institute (2 volumes). |
Blue seal. 9-I (Minneapolis, Minnesota) | ||||||||||||
| 1914 | JB, DFH | Fr US# 1002Arthur Louis Friedberg, Ira S. Friedberg. Paper Money of the United States. Coin & Currency Institute (2 volumes). |
Blue seal. 10-J (Kansas City, Missouri) - seals closer together | ||||||||||||
| 1914 | FW, AWM | Fr US# 1003Arthur Louis Friedberg, Ira S. Friedberg. Paper Money of the United States. Coin & Currency Institute (2 volumes). |
Blue seal. 10-J (Kansas City, Missouri) - seals farther apart | ||||||||||||
| 1914 | FW, AWM | Fr US# 1007Arthur Louis Friedberg, Ira S. Friedberg. Paper Money of the United States. Coin & Currency Institute (2 volumes). |
Blue seal. 11-K (Dallas, Texas) | ||||||||||||
| 1914 | JB, WGMJ | Fr US# 1008Arthur Louis Friedberg, Ira S. Friedberg. Paper Money of the United States. Coin & Currency Institute (2 volumes). |
Blue seal. 12-L (San Francisco) | ||||||||||||
| 1914 | JB, DFH | Fr US# 1010Arthur Louis Friedberg, Ira S. Friedberg. Paper Money of the United States. Coin & Currency Institute (2 volumes). |
Blue Seal. 12-L (San Francisco) | ||||||||||||
| 1914 | FW, AWM | Fr US# 1011AArthur Louis Friedberg, Ira S. Friedberg. Paper Money of the United States. Coin & Currency Institute (2 volumes). |
Blue seal. 12-L (San Francisco) | ||||||||||||
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Past sales
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Katz Auction 163 Lot 1305 
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15 Jul 2025 | Undetermined | VF |
USD 278.38
(EUR 241.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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Katz Auction 197 Lot 2411
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6 Jun 2026 | Undetermined | F |
USD 56.60
(EUR 49.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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Katz Auction 159 Lot 1687
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3 Jun 2025 | Undetermined | F |
USD 110.89
(EUR 96.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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Katz Auction 139 Lot 1337
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5 Oct 2024 | Undetermined |
USD 196.36
(EUR 170.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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Katz Auction 64 Lot 3244
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17 Aug 2022 | Undetermined |
USD 116.66
(EUR 101.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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