Series 1862 $20

Design: Columbia at center.
Previous $20 USN: none | Contemporary $20: 1861 | Next $20 USN: 1863
Contemporary USN: 1862: $1 | $2 | $5 | $10 | $50 | $100 | $500 | $1000

The table below shows the serial number ranges produced for the notes in this series. Data listed in italics is approximate, based on the serial numbers of observed notes. All notes in this series have Chittenden-Spinner signatures.

CreditSeries No.Serial Numbers
ABNnone 1 — 100000
2 1 — 100000
3 1 — 100000
...and so on, through...
10 1 — 100000
11 1 — 100000
12 1 — 50000
minor changes to Treasury seal
12 50001 — 100000
13 1 — 100000
14 1 — 100000
...and so on, through...
22 1 — 100000
23 1 — 100000
24 1 — 100000
obligation on back reworded
ABNNew 1 1 — 100000
New 2 1 — 100000
New 3 1 — 100000
New 4 1 — 100000
New 5 1 — 100000
New 6 1 — 100000
New 7 1 — 100000
New 8 1 — 100000

The second Treasury seal, used from Series 12 onward, is very similar in design to the original seal used earlier, the main difference being that the second seal has notably sharper detail.

The second obligation indicates that the note is "receivable in payment of all loans made to the United States", whereas the first obligation had made the note "exchangeable for U.S. Six per cent Twenty Years Bonds".

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