5 Dollars Demand Note - "Greenback"

Issued betwen August 1861 and April 1862 during the American Civil War. These notes earned the name "Greenback" from the extensive green printing on the reverse.

The Statue of Freedom sit at the top of the U.S. Capitol Building.

Alexander Hamilton was the first Secretary of the Treasury.

On Varieties and Signatures
Excerpt from: Friedberg, A. L., Friedberg, I. S., & Friedberg, R. (2021). IV. THE DEMAND NOTES OF 1861: 5 Dollar Notes. In Paper Money of the United States: A Complete Illustrated Guide with Valuations (22nd ed., p. 33). The Coin and Currency Institute, Inc.

"The first plates made for the various denominations had blank spaces for two signatures, and below these spaces were engraved
'Register of the Treasury' and 'Treasurer of the United States.'

These two busy and important Treasury officials obviously could not sit down and personally autograph several million notes. Therefore, a large staff of clerks from the Treasury Department was employed to sign their own names for the two officials. The way the plates were worded made it necessary for these clerks to write also the words 'For the' in addition to their own names.

It quickly became apparent that this additional wording was both wasteful and inefficient and the plates were at once changed so that the finished printed notes read as follows, 'For the Register of the Treasury' and 'For the Treasurer of the United States.'

Compared to the total amount of notes issued, those released to the public before the plates were changed were small in number. Today, only a few survive and they are of the highest rarity and greatest historical interest."

Of the handwritten varieties, the following is known
P#125b: None issued
P#125c: 2 known