50 Cents "Fractional Currency" - 3rd series

Features

Issuer	United States
Issuing entity	United States Department of the Treasury
Period	Federal republic (1776-date)
Type	Standard circulation banknotes
Years	1864-1869
Value	50 Cents (0.50 USD)
Currency	Dollar (1785-date)
Composition	Paper
Size	115 × 50 mm
Shape	Rectangular
Number	N# 357807
References	P# 113, 114 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).

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Obverse

Lady Justice holding scales

Script: Latin

Lettering:
ACT APPROVED MARCH 3ᴰ 1863
ENG. & PRINT. AT THE TREASURY

FURNISHED ONLY BY THE ASSISTANT Treasurers AND DESIGNATED DEPOSITORIES OF THE United States.
FIFTY CENTS
RECEIVABLE FOR ALL UNITED STATES STAMPS.

FRACTIONAL CURRENCY

Reverse

50 cents on the side, top and bottom. In the middle is the phrase starting with "this note is exchangeable for United States notes...."

Scripts: Latin, Latin (Fraktur blackletter)

Lettering:
UNITED
50
STATES

THIS NOTE IS
EXCHANGEABLE FOR
UNITED STATES NOTES BY THE
Assistant Treasurers AND
DESIGNATED DEPOSITARIES
OF THE UNITED STATES IN SUMS
NOT LESS THAN THREE DOLLARS.

RECEIVABLE IN PAYMENT OF ALL
DUES TO THE UNITED STATES
LESS THAN FIVE DOLLARS
EXCEPT CUSTOMS.

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Date		Frequency
Undetermined
ND (1864-1869)	P#113. Red back	17%
ND (1864-1869)	P#114. Green back	100%

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