FIRST ISSUE [Issued 8/21/1862-5/27/1863]

The American Bank Note Company logo appears on the back, lower right. 

Do you see the "A", "B", "N", "C", "o"? 

5 cents Postage Currency. F1228 - F1231

10 cents Postage Currency. F1240-F1243

25 cents Postage Currency. F1279-F1282

50 cents Postage Currency. F1310-F1313

SECOND ISSUE [ Issued 10/10/1863 - 2/23/1867 ]

5 cents Second Issue. F1232-F1235

Surcharges may be indistinct. They can be distinguished by the positions of the characters. 

        No surcharge             18_63                S_18_63                R_1_18_63 

10 cents Second Issue. F1244-F1249

Surcharges may be indistinct. They can be distinguished by the positions of the characters. 

                    1_18_63                 O_63                  T_1_18_63 

25 cents Second Issue. F1283-F1290

Surcharges may be indistinct. They can be distinguished by the positions of the characters. 

                    A_18_63                 2_18_63               T_2_18_63 

50 cents Second Issue. F1314-F1322

                             O_1_18_63               R_2_18_63 

THIRD ISSUE [ Issued 12/5/1864 - 8/16/1869 ]

3 cents Third Issue. F1226-F1227

                             Light Curtain         Dark Curtain 

5 cents Third Issue. F1236-F1239

                   Sheet Layout                   No position letter      Position "a" 

10 cents Third Issue. F1251-F1256

                   Sheet Layout                   No position numeral      Position "1" 

15 cents Grant-Sherman Specimens. F1272-F1275

25 cents Third Issue. F1291-F1300

                    Sheet Layout                 No position letter      Position "a" 

                          M-2-6-5 Back                   Solid Bronze Surcharge      

50 cents Spinner Third Issue. F1324-F1338

  		   Sheet Layout        No Indicator     Row "a"    Column "1"    "1 & a"

50 cents Spinner Redesigned Back. F1339-F1342

50 cents Justice Third Issue. F1343-F1372

    Sheet layout for Justice notes is same as for Spinner notes (above)       

                       S-2-6-4 Back                    A-2-6-5 Back       

                      Compact Spacing                  Wide Spacing       

FOURTH ISSUE [ Issued 7/14/1869 - 2/16/1875 ]

10 cents Fourth Issue. F1257-F1261

       Larger (no hatching) Seal  (F1257, F1259)        Smaller (hatched) Seal (F1261) 

15 cents Fourth Issue. F1267-F1271

       Larger (no hatching) Seal  (F1267, F1269)       Smaller (hatched) Seal (F1271) 

25 cents Fourth Issue. F1301-F1307

        Larger Seal (no hatching) (F1301, F1303)      Smaller Seal (hatched edge of Treasury Shield) (F1307) 

50 cents Lincoln. F1374

50 cents Stanton. F1376

50 cents Dexter. F1379

FIFTH ISSUE [ Issued 2/26/1874 - 2/15/1876 ]

There are two seal varieties of the 10-cent and 25-cent notes.

Long Key (Solid Key) Short Key (Hollow Key)

10 cents Meredith. F1264 - F1266

25 cents Walker. F1308 - F1309

50 cents Crawford. F1381