500 Dollar Banknotes
Legal Tender Issues - United States
Front
Features a portrait of Albert Gallatin Secretary of the Treasury 1801-1813.
Back
The back carries the Second Obligation text.
Currency
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Signatures
Year
Series
Seal
Variety
Prefix
Identity #
Benchmark Price
Actions
Chittenden / Spinner
1862
1862
Red
First Obligation
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183-a
1862
1862
Second Obligation
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183-b
1863
1863
Second Obligation
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183-c
Front
Features a portrait of John Quincy Adams Sixth President of the United States.
Back
Five-hundred-dollar back featuring a central text medallion and large 500 numerals at both sides.
Currency
CAD
USD
Signatures
Year
Series
Seal
Prefix
Identity #
Benchmark Price
Actions
Allison / Spinner
1869
1869
Large Red
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184
Front
Features a portrait of Major-General Mansfield who was killed in action at the Battle of Antietam. The series of 1880 is without the two large red "5's" on the obverse, used on the series of 1874, 1875 and 1878.
Back
Five-hundred-dollar back featuring an ornate central shield reading Five Hundred Dollars.
Currency
CAD
USD
Signatures
Year
Series
Seal
Prefix
Identity #
Benchmark Price
Actions
Allison / Spinner
1874
1874
Small Red, rays
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185-a
Allison / New
1875
1875
Small Red, rays
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185-b
Allison / Wyman
1875
1875
Small Red, rays
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185-c
Allison / Gilfillan
1878
1878
Small Red, rays
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185-d
Scofield / Gilfillan
1880
1880
Large Brown
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185-e
Bruce / Wyman
1880
1880
Large Brown
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185-f
Rosecrans / Jordan
1880
1880
Large Red, plain
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185-g
Rosecrans / Hyatt
1880
1880
Large Red, plain
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185-h
Rosecrans / Huston
1880
1880
Large Red, spiked
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185-i
Rosecrans / Nebeker
1880
1880
Large Brown
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185-j
Tillman / Morgan
1880
1880
Small Red, scalloped
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185-k
Bruce / Roberts
1880
1880
Small Red, scalloped
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185-l
Lyons / Roberts
1880
1880
Small Red, scalloped
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185-m
Napier / McClung
1880
1880
Small Red, scalloped
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185-n
