5 Dollars Silver Certificate; "Indian Chief Note"

Features

Issuer	United States
Period	Federal republic (1776-date)
Type	Standard banknote
Year	1899
Value	5 Dollars (5 USD)
Currency	Dollar (1785-date)
Composition	Paper
Shape	Rectangular
Number	N# 314419 Numista type number (https://en.numista.com/help/what-is-the-n-number-visible-in-the-catalogue-33.html)
References	F# 271-281, Stéphane Desrousseaux, Michel Prieur, Laurent Schmitt; 2014. Le Franc (10^th edition). Les Chevau-légers, Paris, France. P# 340 Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Paper Money. Modern issues 1961-present (25^th edition). Krause Publications, Iola, Wisconsin, USA. And 2 more volumes.

Series: Series of 1899

Obverse

Chief Running Antelope at center.
At left, Blue "V" with "FIVE" overtop. Serial number below "V."
At right, Blue seal. Serial number above seal.

Lettering:
Silver Certificate
This Certifies That There Have Been Deposited In The Treasury Of The
United States of America
Five Silver Dollars
Payable To the Bearer On Demand.
Washington, D.C.
FIVE

Reverse

Green print. Two cornucopias at top of note. "V" at center of note.

Lettering:
Silver Certificate
United States of America
This Certificate Is Receivable For Customs, Taxes, And All Public Dues, And When So Received May Be Reissued.
V
Silver Certificate
Five Dollars

Signatures

Judson Whitlocke Lyons (JWL)	Register of the Treasury
Ellis Henry Roberts (EHR)	Treasurer of the United States
Charles H. Treat (CT)	Treasurer of the United States
William Tecumseh Vernon (WTV)	Register of the Treasury
Lee McClung (LM)	Treasurer of the United States
James Carroll Napier (JCN)	Register of the Treasury
Carmi Alderman Thompson (CAT)	Treasurer of the United States
Gabe E. Parker (GP)	Register of the Treasury
John Burke (JB)	Treasurer of the United States
Houston Benge Teehee (HBT)	Register of the Treasury
William S. Elliott (WE)	Register of the Treasury
Frank White (FW)	Treasurer of the United States
Harley V. Speelman (HS)	Register of the Treasury

Comments

Commonly referred to as the "Indian Chief Note." The note features Chief Running Antelope on the Obverse.

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Date	Signatures
Undetermined
1899	JWL, EHR	F-271
1899	JWL, CT	F-272
1899	WTV, CT	F-273
1899	WTV, LM	F-274
1899	JCN, LM	F-275
1899	JCN, CAT	F-276
1899	GP, JB	F-277
1899	HBT, JB	F-278
1899	WE, JB	F-279
1899	WE, FW	F-280
1899	HS, FW	F-281

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