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These Archives were formed to preserve the research performed to cross reference the various publications that catalog these notes.  The prices noted are contemporary and subject to change with the market fluctuations.  To identify the notes that formed the foundation of these Archives, the ID numbers are color coded BROWN or RED; subsequently added notes are coded GREEN.  To view an enlarged image, click on the thumbnail image.  To return to this table, click on the enlarged front or back image. 

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ID

Issue

Den.

Fr. No.

Description

Grade

Price

FR16047 3rd 3¢ 1226
Full large margins, well centered, clean & bright, variety with light background to portrait;  Additional notes:
 FR18511, Gem CU @ $325FR17669, Ch CU @ $195 FR16057, CU @ $175FR16096, CU @ $235 (Specimen),  FR16076, AU @ $100 FR19175, F @ $50  FR19759, Ch VF/XF @ $75 

Gem CU $325
FR19155 3rd 3¢ 1227

This portrait dark background variety note is very well centered on both sides and exhibits small full uniform margins;
  Additional notes:  FR16107, Ch CU @ $350,  FR17288, CU @ $250  


VCh CU $395
FR17177 1st 5¢ 1228

This is the variety with perforations on all sides and the ABNC monogram; this issue displaying nice margins and perforations, good centering, clean & bright


Ch CU $400
FR17318 1st 5¢ 1230

Reasonably large full uniform margins on this ABNCo. monogrammed issue, well centered, clean and bright;
Additional notes:  FR16135, CU @ $125FR17308, Unc @ $110, FR19407, Ch AU+ @ $90,   FR17298, XF+ @ $60FR19699, Ch VF+ @ $55 


Ch CU $260
FR19729 2nd 5¢ 1232

The oxidation of the oval around Washington is minimal on this example engraved and printed by the Treasury Department under the Act approved March 3, 1863; small uniform full margins are noted with good centering on both sides


Ch XF+ $65
FR18501 2nd 5¢ 1232

The copper oval of this well circulated note has oxidized to green; the margins are irregular and cut to the frame line in spots; verso design is displaced to the right


F $25
FR17328 2nd 5¢ 1234

Small margins on the obverse, cut through the primary frame line at the lower left end, this variety with the "18" and "63" at the lower corners and "S" in the upper left corner of the reverse and the centering shifted slightly toward the right, lightly toned


AU $110
FR18994 3rd 5¢ 1236


This plain red back variety issue has large uniform full margins on both sides and is well centered


Ch Unc+ $245
FR16277 3rd 5¢ 1238

This green back variety issue has a very small edge tear at the top center and presents small full margins and is well centered;  Additional notes:
  FR17348, AU+ @ $120 FR16286, AU @ $95


Ch CU $230
FR19769 3rd 5¢ 1239
Unusually large, uniform and full margins are seen on this Act of March 3, 1863 approved issue engraved and printed by the Treasury Department with the green reverse and the design letter "a" at the extreme left on the obverse; a p/h is noted at the center of the design with very good centering

Gem XF+ $70
FR16307 1st 10¢ 1242

This variety with straight edges and the ABNCo. monogram at the lower right on the reverse exhibiting nice full varying size margins and good centering on the obverse with centering shifted slightly to the left and upward on the reverse, bright; 
Additional notes:    FR19417, XF/AU @ $65  FR17919, XF @ $60 FR16317, XF+ @ $65 


AU $70
FR19487 2nd 10¢ 1244

The bronze oval is very bright with margins trimmed to the frame line on the face at the top and just through at the bottom, this green back variety lacking the "18-63" surcharge characters at the back lower corners; 
Additional notes:  FR19195, XF @ $50

AU $85
FR19739 2nd 10¢ 1245

Very large uniform, full margins are noted on this Treasury engraved and printed variety with the surcharge "18--63" stamped at the lower corners of the reverse; the copper oval overprint is well centered as is the engraved printing

V Ch AU $75
FR16387 2nd 10¢ 1246

The obverse has irregularly shaped varying size small full margins with fairly good centering and a bright bronze oval;. the reverse margins and centering are also good with the surcharge 18", "63" and "S" imprinted in the corners


CU $210
FR19427 3rd 10¢ 1251

This is the red reverse variety and is well centered on both sides within uniform full small margins on the face


Ch CU $225
FR16396 3rd 10¢ 1255

Very nice smaller margins on all sides on both the front and reverse with good centering on this green verso issue;  Additional notes:
 FR16407, Ch CU @ $350 FR19497, Ch AU+ @ $105  , FR19779, Ch XF @ $80 


Gem CU $395
FR19024 3rd 10¢ 1256

This green reverse issue has the design numeral "1" on the obverse and is well centered within large uniform full margins on both surfaces;
  Additional notes:  FR18009, AU @ $85  


Gem CU $305
FR18922 4th 10¢ 1257

Semi-uniform full margins with centering offset toward on the left are seen on this watermarked paper variety with the large red seal and pink silk fibers; some toning is noted


Ch AU $75
FR17388 4th 10¢ 1258

Uniform full margins with centering obverse and verso offset toward the left on this variety printed on un-watermarked paper and containing pink silk fibers; some soil present verso


XF $70
FR17408 4th 10¢ 1259
This issue was printed on unwatermarked paper containing pink silk fibers with full small margins and the centering shifted slightly toward the left, light toning present, blue at right on obverse is light

AU $110
FR19799 4th 10¢ 1261
The smaller red seal is seen on this variety with violet fibers and blue on the obverse right end engraved by the American Bank Note Co. with the green reverse prepared by the National Bank Note Co.; the margins are smaller but full and uniform with excellent centering;
Additional notes:  FR17187, AU+ @ 90 

Ch Unc $100
FR19044 5th 10¢ 1264

This variety displays the small green seal with the long thin key with full slightly irregularly shaped small margins and good centering; the reverse centering is good also within large margins


V Ch CU $265
FR19527 5th 10¢ 1265
The margins on this example are uniform in shape with slightly varying sizes; this is the small red seal variety with the long thin key  in the shield;
  Additional notes:  FR17488, CU @ $80FR19517, Ch AU+ @ 50 , FR19829, Ch XF/AU @ $55 

Ch CU $85
FR19054 5th 10¢ 1266

The margins of this red seal with the short key variety are uniform and full; the centering is shifted slightly toward the right;
  Additional notes:  FR19537, Ch XF @ $40 


Ch CU $75
FR19074 4th 15¢ 1267

This variety with a large red seal is printed on watermarked paper containing pink silk fibers and exhibits uneven margins with centering offset toward the top right;
  Additional notes:  FR19064, Ch AU @ $165


Ch CU $325
FR19084 4th 15¢ 1269
This variety displays the large red seal and is printed on paper with violet fibers and blue fibers at the right end face; the margins are large, uniform and full with very good device centering;  Additional notes: 
FR16696, CU @ $235 

Gem CU $475
FR16747 1st 25¢ 1281
Well centered in full uniform tiny margins on the obverse of this straight edge variety with the ABNCo. monogram on the reverse; the reverse design is shifted downward with uniform margins on the balance of the sides, bright & clean; 
Additional Notes:  FR19437, Ch CU @ $275 ,  FR18220, AU @ $110FR19709, V Ch VF+ @ $70,  FR19246, F @ $55 

Ch CU $275
FR16766 2nd 25¢ 1283

This is the variety without the small surcharge numbers at the corners of the reverse; the obverse exhibits nice full uniform small margins, very well centered, bright bronze oval with good centering of the reverse design, clean;
  Additional notes:  FR18230, AU @ $110 


Ch CU $265
FR16787 2nd 25¢ 1284
This variety has "18" and "63" in the left and right lower corners of the reverse; this specimen displaying full uniform small margins on the obverse with a bright bronze oval around Washington, with good centering; the design on the reverse is displaced downward with three nice margins on the other sides

Ch CU $225
FR19004 2nd 25¢ 1285

This purple back with "18", "63" and "A" verso variety has uniform full margins on the front with the centering shifted toward the right on the reverse, but with just barely a full margin to the right


Ch XF+ $140
FR19749 2nd 25¢ 1286

The centering on this Treasury engraved and printed variety with the surcharge "18--63" and "S" stamped at the lowers and upper left corner, respectively, and the verso panel printed in purple, is quite good with very large uniform full margins noted


Gem CU $250
FR19205 2nd 25¢ 1286

The reverse on this variety is purple with surcharge "18-63" and "S" at the verso corners; the centering on both sides is shifted toward the left on the front with well proportioned full uneven margins


XF/AU $90
FR19104 3rd 25¢ 1294
This is the green reverse variety and exhibits good centering on both surfaces within large uniform margins; the surfaces are very clean and bright;
Additional notes:  FR19789, Gem XF/AU @ $85 

V Ch CU $235
FR16797 3rd 25¢ 1295
This green reverse variety with the design letter "a" on the obverse has three uniform margins with the bottom tapering close to, but not into, the bottom frame line at the left end of the obverse; the reverse has equal margins and good centering, clean; 
Additional notes:  FR19557, Ch XF+ @ $130 

Ch CU $295
FR16827 4th 25¢ 1302
Three uniform larger margins with the right one cut just to the design outer line, resulting in the centering being shifted slightly toward right end; the back centering is shifted toward the left and bottom considerably.  This variety notes that the large red seal design is printed on un-watermarked paper with pink silk fibers;
  Additional notes:  FR19114, Ch AU+ @ $150 FR19256, XF @ $105 FR19266, F+ @ $35FR19809, Ch F @ $32 

CU $195
FR19689 4th 25¢ 1303
This variety engraved by American Bank Note Co. under the Act of March 3, 1863 has the smaller red seal printed on paper with violet fibers and blue on the obverse right end; the centering is good within uniform full margins

Ch AU $110
FR17568 4th 25¢ 1307
Two larger full uniform margins and two tiny ones cut just to the design lines at the left end and bottom on this variety with the small red seal printed on paper with violet fibers and a blue right end on the obverse; the reverse design is shifted to the right and downward in small full margins;  Additional notes:
 FR17578, AU+ @ $200 


AU+ $200
FR16876 5th 25¢ 1308
Irregularly sized margins with the bottom cut through to the secondary frame line at the left of this variety with the long thin key; the reverse is well centered within large uniform margins;  Additional notes:  
FR17618, CU @ $65,  FR18841, Ch AU @ $60,  FR17608, AU @ $55FR19215, XF/AU (fox)@ $45FR19839, Ch VF+ @ $45 , FR17769, F+ @ $28  

CU $65
FR16927 5th 25¢ 1309
Uniform margins and good centering are on the obverse of this short thick key variety of this issue, the centering of the reverse of this note is shifted toward the top---a clean, bright example of this 5th Issue 25c note;  Additional notes: 
 FR19567, Ch AU @ $45 FR19598, Ch AU @ $45,  FR17779, Ch XF+ @ $40 FR17789. XF @ $3

Ch CU $95
FR17248 1st 50c 1310
Irregularly sized margins on the obverse of this variety with perforations and the ABNCo. monogram on the reverse; the well formed perforations are cut just to the major frame line at the top on the obverse with the centering shifted slightly toward the top and right end; the reverse centering is shifted toward the left and the top ever so slightly within large margins

CU $450
FR17809 1st 50¢ 1312
This plain edge variety with the ABNCo. monogram on the reverse exhibits full uniform small margins and is well centered on the obverse; the reverse has the centering shifted slightly toward the left, clean and bright; Additional Notes: 
FR19276, Ch Unc @ $195FR19719, V Ch VF+ @ $60 

Ch CU $280
FR17638 2nd 50¢ 1317
Full margins on the obverse, although cut close to the frame line at the bottom on this variety with the over-inked surcharge numbers"18", "63" and the letter "A" imprinted in the corners on the reverse; the reverse design is offset toward the bottom right within large uneven margins;  Additional notes:
 FR17839, XF @ $95 FR19306, Ch VF+ @ $90 

AU+ $180
FR19296 2nd 50¢ 1318

This red back variety exhibits the surcharge "18-63" and "1" on the reverse; this example displaying full margins, tight at the top and verso transfer to the right margin


CU $180
FR19124 3rd 50¢ 1324
This example is from the Ford Collection and has the red reverse with surcharge "A-2-6-5, without the design figures on the obverse; the margins are relatively large and full with good centering

Gem CU $825
FR19134 3rd 50¢ 1328
This issue has the red reverse with surcharge "A-2-6-5, with autographed signatures of Colby and Spinner; it has three large margins, the bottom being smaller, but all are full

Ch CU $495
FR19678 3rd 50¢ 1331
Approved under the Act of March 3, 1863, this variety was engraved and printed at the Treasury with no design figures on the obverse and a green reverse with no surcharges; the top margin is trimmed just through the primary frame line, leaving a full secondary line and good centering

VF $75
FR19577 3rd 50¢ 1339
This is the green reverse without surcharges on the reverse and no design letter on the obverse; the margins are very large uniform and full with very good centering

Gem AU $275
FR18691 3rd 50¢ 1373
The margins are irregular in size with the left end cut through the frame line.  This is the green reverse with Surcharge "A-2-6 -5" and the design figure "a" only on the obverse, printed on fiber paper variety

XF $425
FR19587 4th 50¢ 1374
Uniform reasonably large full margins are seen on the obverse of this issue with the reverse centering shifted toward the bottom

V Ch AU+ $795
FR19819 4th 50¢ 1376
Edwin M Stanton is featured by American Bank Note Co. in the design of this issue noted as being Patented July 24, 1866 on the obverse, and was printed on paper with violet fiber and blue right end on the obverse; the margins are uniform and full but unequal in size and the centering is shifted toward the right side;
  Additionl notes:  FR19346, VF @ $50 

VF+ $55
FR18821 4th 50¢ 1379
Full margins on all sides with very nice centering obverse and reverse; printed on paper with light violet fibers and blue right end and a green seal obverse;
  Additional notes:  FR17869, Ch AU+ @ $185  ,  FR19356, Ch XF+ @ $150FR19366, F+ @ $50 

Gem Unc $250
FR17105 5th 50¢ 1381
This note variety was printed on white paper containing silk fibers and blue on the reverse right end with full margins on both sides, larger on left end and bottom on the obverse and the bottom and right end on the reverse;
  Additional notes:  FR19386, Ch VF+ @ $60 ,  FR19849, Ch VF/XF @ $60 
CU $125
FR20200 5th 50¢ 1381
This variety was printed on white Bank Note paper with silk fibers and blue coloring on the right end on the obverse with a large red oval seal on face; the margins are large uniform and full with very good centering

Ch AU++ $125
FR19919 5th 50¢ 1381
This variety was printed on white Bank Note paper with silk fibers and blue coloring on the right end on the obverse with a large red oval seal on face; the margins are large uniform and full with very good centering


Ch AU $150


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