Series 1963 $5 Legal Tender Note (120A) (Standard Issue Red Seal)

Series 1963 $5 Legal Tender Note (Standard Issue Red Seal)

• Denomination: $5.00

• Type: United States Note / Legal Tender (Red Seal & Red Serial Numbers)

• Catalog Reference: Fr. 1536

• Series: 1963

• Serial Number: A 36785120 A (Regular Production Run)

• Signatures: Kathryn O'Hay Granahan (Treasurer of the U.S.) & C. Douglas Dillon (Secretary of the Treasury)

• Plate Position: Obverse H 2 / Back Plate H 4

• Obligation: "This note is legal tender for all debts, public and private."

Technical & Visual Assessment

• Technical Grade: Very Fine (VF 25 – VF 30)

• Paper & Wear Characteristics:

  • Displays an established, firm vertical center fold that carries clearly through the center of the Lincoln portrait and the Memorial steps on the reverse.

  • Shows moderate handling with secondary soft vertical folds flanking the portrait, light paper rippling, and mild softening along the edges.

  • Paper maintains respectable body and color without heavy circulation grime or staining, though there is a tiny stray ink/dirt speck visible directly above the legal tender obligation text on the left face.

  • Free of tears, edge splits, pinholes, or heavy soiling.

• Centering: Well-proportioned obverse margins, leaning slightly narrower toward the right borde