Bidspirit auction | Pair US $5 Banknotes, 1934

Pair US $5 Banknotes, 1934 & 1953 C - This lot consists of two US five-dollar banknotes featuring the portrait of Abraham Lincoln on the obverse and the Lincoln Memorial on the reverse. The first note is a Series of 1934 Silver Certificate. It features blue serial numbers ”D34739296 A” and a blue treasury seal. The printed signatures are of ”W.A. Julian” as Treasurer of the US and ”Henry Morgenthau Jr.” as Secretary of the Treasury. The text above the seal reads ”THIS CERTIFICATE IS LEGAL TENDER FOR ALL DEBTS PUBLIC AND PRIVATE” and at the bottom ”FIVE DOLLARS IN SILVER PAYABLE TO THE BEARER ON DEMAND”. The second note is a Series 1953 C United States Note, identified by red serial numbers ”G57162055 A” and a red treasury seal. It bears the printed signatures of ”Kathryn O'Hay Granahan” and ”C. Douglas Dillon”. The text above the portrait reads ”UNITED STATES NOTE” and the obligation states ”THIS NOTE IS A LEGAL TENDER AT ITS FACE VALUE FOR ALL DEBTS PUBLIC AND PRIVATE”. Both notes are printed on characteristic security paper and are housed in clear plastic protective sleeves.