Editing United States Note (section)

==Characteristics==
[[File:United States Note change from large to small size with plate position.svg|thumb|The size of the United States Note changed from large (gray) to small (green) with plate position letters and the slightly smaller modern [[Federal Reserve Note]] (blue) super-imposed on bottom left 1928-size note]]
Like all U.S. currency, United States Notes were produced in a [[large-sized note|large sized]] format until 1929, at which time the notes' sizes were reduced to the small-size format of the present day.{{#tag:ref | Large size notes represent the earlier types or series of U.S. banknotes. Their average dimension is {{val|7.375|x|3.125|ul=inches}} ({{val|187|x|79|ul=mm}}). Small size notes (described as such due to their size relative to the earlier large size notes) are an average {{val|6.125|x|2.625|u=inches}} ({{val|156|x|67|u=mm}}), the size of modern U.S. currency. Each measurement is {{val|p=±|0.08|u=inches}} ({{val|2|u=mm}}) to account for margins and cutting.<ref>Friedberg, p. 7.</ref>| group="nb"}} Per the Treasury Department Appropriation Bill of 1929, notes issued before October 1928 were {{frac|7|7|16}}{{times}}{{frac|3|9|64}} inches and later issues were to be {{frac|6|5|16}}{{times}}{{frac|2|11|16}} inches, which allowed the Treasury Department to produce 12 notes per {{frac|16|1|4}}{{times}}{{frac|13|1|4}} inch sheet of paper that previously would yield 8 notes at the old size.<ref>{{cite book|title=Treasury Department Appropriation Bill, 1929|year=1928|page=105|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|publication-date=1928|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qqQuAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA105}}</ref>

The original large-sized Civil War issues were dated 1862 and 1863, and issued in denominations of {{US$|long=no|1}}, {{US$|long=no|2}}, {{US$|long=no|5}}, {{US$|long=no|10}}, {{US$|long=no|20}}, {{US$|long=no|50}}, {{US$|long=no|100}}, {{US$|long=no|500}} and {{US$|long=no|1000}}.<ref>
{{cite web |url=http://www.uspapermoney.info/general/chron_l.html| title=Chronology of Large-Size Notes |website=www.uspapermoney.info |access-date=June 6, 2009}}</ref>  The United States Notes were dramatically redesigned for the Series of 1869, the so-called ''Rainbow Notes''.  The notes were again redesigned for the Series of 1874, 1875 and 1878.  The Series of 1878 included, for the first and last time, notes of {{US$|long=no|5000}} and {{US$|long=no|10000}} denominations.  The final across-the-board redesign of the large-sized notes was the Series of 1880. Individual denominations were redesigned in 1901, 1907, 1917 and 1923.

On small-sized United States Notes, the [[Seal of the United States Department of the Treasury|U.S. Treasury Seal]] and the [[serial number]]s are printed in red (contrasting with Federal Reserve Notes, where they appear in green). By the time the treasury adopted the small-size format in 1928, the [[Federal Reserve System]] had existed for fifteen years and there had been a decline in the need for United States Notes; the notes were mainly issued in {{US$|long=no|2}} and {{US$|long=no|5}} denominations in the Series years of 1928, 1953, and 1963. There was a limited issue of {{US$|long=no|1}} notes in the [[Series of 1928 (United States Currency)|Series of 1928]], most of which were released in 1948 in [[Puerto Rico]], and an issue of {{US$|long=no|100}} notes in the Series year of 1966, mainly to satisfy the legacy legal requirement of maintaining the mandated quantity in circulation after the {{US$|long=no|2}} and {{US$|long=no|5}} denominations had been discontinued in August 1966. The [[Bureau of Engraving and Printing]] also printed but did not issue {{US$|long=no|10}} notes in the 1928 Series. An example was displayed at the 1933 Worlds Fair in Chicago.

Section 5119(b)(2) of Title 31, United States Code, was amended by the Riegle Community Development and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–325) to read as follows: "The Secretary shall not be required to reissue United States currency notes upon redemption." This does not change the legal tender status of United States Notes nor does it require a recall of those notes already in circulation. This provision means that United States Notes are to be canceled and destroyed but not reissued. This will eventually result in a decrease in the amount of these notes outstanding.<ref name=bep-riegle-Act>{{cite web |title=Historical Legislation - Riegle Improvement Act |url=http://www.bep.treas.gov/historicallegislation.html |publisher=[[Bureau of Engraving and Printing]], U.S. Department of the Treasury |website=www.bep.treas.gov |access-date=February 9, 2015}}</ref>

===Large-size United States Notes (1862–1923)===
{| class="wikitable sortable" 
|+ Complete type set of United States Notes (aka Legal Tender)  
|-
! scope="col" style="width:35px;"| Value
! scope="col" style="width:45px;"| Year
! scope="col" style="width:45px; "| Fr. #<ref>Friedberg numbering system, http://www.panix.com/~clay/currency/catalog-numbers.html</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:225px;" class="unsortable"| Image
! scope="col" style="width:200px;"| Portrait{{#tag:ref |Names in parentheses are either the engravers or artists responsible for the concept and/or initial design.| group="nb"}}
|-

! scope="row"|<span style="display:none">000001</span>$1
|1862–63
|Fr.16c
|[[File:US-$1-LT-1862-Fr-16c.jpg|225px]]
|<span style="display:none">Chase</span>[[Salmon P. Chase]]<br/>(Joseph P. Ourdan)<ref>Hessler, 2004, p. 24.</ref>
|-

! scope="row"|<span style="display:none">000001</span>$1
|1869
|Fr.18
|[[File:US-$1-LT-1869-Fr-18.jpg|225px]]
|<span style="display:none">Washington</span>[[George Washington]]
|-

! scope="row"|<span style="display:none">000001</span>$1
|1878
|Fr.27
|[[File:US-$1-LT-1878-Fr-27.jpg|225px]]
|<span style="display:none">Washington</span>[[George Washington]]
|-

! scope="row"|<span style="display:none">000001</span>$1
|1880
|Fr.29
|[[File:US-$1-LT-1880-Fr-29.jpg|225px]]
|<span style="display:none">Washington</span>[[George Washington]]
|-

! scope="row"|<span style="display:none">000002</span>$2
|1862–63
|Fr.41
|[[File:US-$2-LT-1862-Fr-41.jpg|225px]]
|<span style="display:none">Hamilton</span>[[Alexander Hamilton]]
|-
! scope="row"|<span style="display:none">000002</span>$2
|1869
|Fr.42
|[[File:US-$2-LT-1869-Fr-42.jpg|225px]]
|<span style="display:none">Jefferson</span>[[Thomas Jefferson]]
|-

! scope="row"|<span style="display:none">000002</span>$2
|1875
|Fr.47
|[[File:US-$2-LT-1875-Fr-47.jpg|225px]]
|<span style="display:none">Jefferson</span>[[Thomas Jefferson]]
|-

! scope="row"|<span style="display:none">000002</span>$2
|1880
|Fr.52
|[[File:US-$2-LT-1880-Fr-52.jpg|225px]]
|<span style="display:none">Jefferson</span>[[Thomas Jefferson]]
|-

! scope="row"|<span style="display:none">000005</span>$5
|1862–63
|Fr.61a
|[[File:US-$5-LT-1862-Fr-61a.jpg|225px]]
|<span style="display:none">Hamilton</span>[[Statue of Freedom|Freedom]]<br/>(Owen G. Hanks, eng; [[Thomas Crawford (sculptor)|Thomas Crawford]], art)<ref>Hessler, 2004, p. 20.</ref><br/>[[Alexander Hamilton]]
|-

! scope="row"|<span style="display:none">000005</span>$5
|1869
|Fr.64
|[[File:US-$5-LT-1869-Fr.64.jpg|225px]]
|<span style="display:none">Jackson</span>[[Andrew Jackson]]
|-

! scope="row"|<span style="display:none">000005</span>$5
|1875
|Fr.68
|[[File:US-$5-LT-1875-Fr-68.jpg|225px]]
|<span style="display:none">Jackson</span>[[Andrew Jackson]]
|-

! scope="row"|<span style="display:none">000005</span>$5
|1880
|Fr.72
|[[File:US-$5-LT-1880-Fr-72.jpg|225px]]
|<span style="display:none">Jackson</span>[[Andrew Jackson]]
|-

! scope="row"|<span style="display:none">000010</span>$10
|1862–63
|Fr.95b
|[[File:US-$10-LT-1863-Fr-95b.jpg|225px]]
|<span style="display:none">Lincoln</span>[[Abraham Lincoln]]<br/>(Frederick Girsch);<ref>Hessler, 2004, p. 22.</ref><br/>Eagle; Art
|-

! scope="row"|<span style="display:none">000010</span>$10
|1869
|Fr.96
|[[File:US-$10-LT-1869-Fr-96.jpg|225px]]
|<span style="display:none">Webster</span>[[Daniel Webster]]
|-

! scope="row"|<span style="display:none">000010</span>$10
|1875
|Fr.98
|[[File:US-$10-LT-1875-Fr-98.jpg|225px]]
|<span style="display:none">Webster</span>[[Daniel Webster]]
|-

! scope="row"|<span style="display:none">000010</span>$10
|1880
|Fr.102
|[[File:US-$10-LT-1880-Fr-102.jpg|225px]]
|<span style="display:none">Webster</span>[[Daniel Webster]]
|-

! scope="row"|<span style="display:none">000010</span>$10
|1901
|Fr.114
|[[File:US-$10-LT-1901-Fr.114.jpg|225px]]
|<span style="display:none">Lewis</span>[[Meriwether Lewis|Lewis]] & [[William Clark (explorer)|Clark]]
|-

! scope="row"|<span style="display:none">000010</span>$10
|1923
|Fr.123
|[[File:US-$10-LT-1923-Fr-123.jpg|225px]]
|<span style="display:none">Jackson</span>[[Andrew Jackson]]
|-

! scope="row"|<span style="display:none">000020</span>$20
|1862–63
|Fr.126b
|[[File:US-$20-LT-1863-Fr-126b.jpg|225px]]
|<span style="display:none">Liberty</span>Liberty
|-

! scope="row"|<span style="display:none">000020</span>$20
|1869
|Fr.127
|[[File:US-$20-LT-1869-Fr-127.jpg|225px]]
|<span style="display:none">Hamilton</span>[[Alexander Hamilton]]
|-

! scope="row"|<span style="display:none">000020</span>$20
|1875
|Fr.128
|[[File:US-$20-LT-1875-Fr-128.jpg|225px]]
|<span style="display:none">Hamilton</span>[[Alexander Hamilton]]
|-

! scope="row"|<span style="display:none">000020</span>$20
|1880
|Fr.145
|[[File:US-$20-LT-1880-Fr-145.jpg|225px]]
|<span style="display:none">Hamilton</span>[[Alexander Hamilton]]
|-

! scope="row"|<span style="display:none">000050</span>$50
|1862–63
|Fr.148a
|[[File:US-$50-LT-1862-Fr-148a.jpg|225px]]
|<span style="display:none">Hamilton</span>[[Alexander Hamilton]]<br/>(Joseph P. Ourdan)<ref>Hessler, 2004, p. 27.</ref>
|-

! scope="row"|<span style="display:none">000050</span>$50
|1869
|Fr.151
|[[File:US-$50-LT-1869-Fr-151.jpg|225px]]
|<span style="display:none">Clay</span>[[Henry Clay]]
|-

! scope="row"|<span style="display:none">000050</span>$50
|1874
|Fr.152
|[[File:US-$50-LT-1874-Fr-152.jpg|225px]]
|<span style="display:none">Franklin</span>[[Benjamin Franklin]]
|-

! scope="row"|<span style="display:none">000050</span>$50
|1880
|Fr.164
|[[File:US-$50-LT-1880-Fr.164.jpg|225px]]
|<span style="display:none">Franklin</span>[[Benjamin Franklin]]
|-

! scope="row"|<span style="display:none">000100</span>$100
|1862–63
|Fr.167
|[[File:US-$100-LT-1863-Fr-167.jpg|225px]]
|<span style="display:none">Spread Eagle</span>Vignette spread eagle<br/>(Joseph P. Ourdan)<ref>Hessler, 2004, p. 28.</ref>
|-

! scope="row"|<span style="display:none">000100</span>$100
|1869
|Fr.168
|[[File:US-$100-LT-1869-Fr-168.jpg|225px]]
|<span style="display:none">Lincoln</span>[[Abraham Lincoln]]
|-

! scope="row"|<span style="display:none">000100</span>$100
|1878
|Fr.171
|[[File:US-$100-LT-1878-Fr-171.jpg|225px]]
|<span style="display:none">Lincoln</span>[[Abraham Lincoln]]
|-

! scope="row"|<span style="display:none">000100</span>$100
|1880
|Fr.181
|[[File:US-$100-LT-1880-Fr-181.jpg|225px]]
|<span style="display:none">Lincoln</span>[[Abraham Lincoln]]
|-

! scope="row"|<span style="display:none">000500</span>$500
|1862–63
|Fr.183c
|[[File:US-$500-LT-1863-Fr-183c.jpg|225px]]
|<span style="display:none">Gallatin</span>[[Albert Gallatin]]
|-

! scope="row"|<span style="display:none">000500</span>$500
|1869
|Fr.184
|[[File:US-$500-LT-1869-Fr-184.jpg|225px]]
|<span style="display:none">Adams</span>[[John Quincy Adams]]<br/>(Charles Burt)<ref>Hessler, 2004, p. 36.</ref>
|-

! scope="row"|<span style="display:none">000500</span>$500
|1875
|Fr.185b
|[[File:US-$500-LT-1875-Fr-185b.jpg|225px]]
|<span style="display:none">Mansfield</span>[[Joseph K. Mansfield]]
|-

! scope="row"|<span style="display:none">000500</span>$500
|1880
|Fr.185l
|[[File:US-$500-LT-1880-Fr-185l.jpg|225px]]
|<span style="display:none">Mansfield</span>[[Joseph K. Mansfield]]
|-

! scope="row"|<span style="display:none">001000</span>$1,000
|1862–63
|Fr.186e
|[[File:US-$1000-LT-1863-Fr-186e.jpg|225px]]
|<span style="display:none">Morris</span>[[Robert Morris (financier)|Robert Morris]]<br/>(Charles Schlecht)
|-

! scope="row"|<span style="display:none">001000</span>$1,000
|1869
|Fr.186f
|
|<span style="display:none">Clinton</span>[[DeWitt Clinton]]
|-

! scope="row"|<span style="display:none">001000</span>$1,000
|1878
|Fr.187a
|[[File:US-$1000-LT-1878-Fr-187a.jpg|225px]]
|<span style="display:none">Clinton</span>[[DeWitt Clinton]]
|-

! scope="row"|<span style="display:none">001000</span>$1,000
|1880
|Fr.187k
|[[File:US-$1000-LT-1880-Fr-187k.jpg|225px]]
|<span style="display:none">Clinton</span>[[DeWitt Clinton]]
|-

! scope="row"|<span style="display:none">005000</span>$5,000
|1878
|Fr.188
|[[File:US-$5000-LT-1878-Fr.188-PROOF.jpg|225px]]
|<span style="display:none">Madison</span>[[James Madison]]
|-

! scope="row"|<span style="display:none">010000</span>$10,000
|1878
|Fr.189
|[[File:US-$10000-LT-1878-Fr.189-PROOF.jpg|225px]]
|<span style="display:none">Jackson</span>[[Andrew Jackson]]
|}

===Series 1928 United States Notes===
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%"
!colspan="12"| United States Notes – First small-size issue, Series 1928 (Smithsonian Institution)
|-
!colspan="1"| Image !!rowspan="2"| Value !!rowspan="2"| Dimensions !!rowspan="2"| Main Color !!colspan="2"|
|-
! Obverse/Reverse !! Obverse !! Reverse 
|-
|align="center"| [[File:US-$1-LT-1928-Fr.1500.jpg|150px]]
| [[United States one-dollar bill|$1]] United States Note
| {{val|6.140|×|2.610|u=in}} ({{val|155.956|×|66.294|u=mm}})
| Green; Black
| [[George Washington]]
| Stylized "One Dollar"
|-
|align="center"| [[File:US-$2-LT-1928-Fr.1501.jpg|150px]]
| [[United States two-dollar bill|$2]] United States Note
| {{val|6.140|×|2.610|u=in}} ({{val|155.956|×|66.294|u=mm}})
| Green; Black
| [[Thomas Jefferson]]
| [[Monticello]]
|-
|align="center"| [[File:US-$5-LT-1928-Fr.1525.jpg|150px]]
| [[United States five-dollar bill|$5]] United States Note
|  {{val|6.140|×|2.610|u=in}} ({{val|155.956|×|66.294|u=mm}})
| Green; Black
| [[Abraham Lincoln]]
| [[Lincoln Memorial]]
|}

===Series 1953 United States Notes===
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%"
!colspan="12"| United States Notes – Small-size issue, Series 1953 
|-
!colspan="1"| Image !!rowspan="2"| Value !!rowspan="2"| Dimensions !!rowspan="2"| Main Color !!colspan="2"|
|-
! Obverse/Reverse !! Obverse !! Reverse 
|-
|align="center"| [[File:Series 1953 US two-dollar bill obverse.jpg|150px]]
| [[United States two-dollar bill|$2]] United States Note
| {{val|6.140|×|2.610|u=in}} ({{val|155.956|×|66.294|u=mm}})
| Green; Black
| [[Thomas Jefferson]]
| [[Monticello]]
|-
|align="center"| 
| [[United States five-dollar bill|$5]] United States Note
|  {{val|6.140|×|2.610|u=in}} ({{val|155.956|×|66.294|u=mm}})
| Green; Black
| [[Abraham Lincoln]]
| [[Lincoln Memorial]]
|}

===Series 1963 United States Notes===
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%"
!colspan="12"| United States Notes – Small-size issue, Series 1963 
|-
!colspan="1"| Image !!rowspan="2"| Value !!rowspan="2"| Dimensions !!rowspan="2"| Main Color !!colspan="2"|
|-
! Obverse/Reverse !! Obverse !! Reverse 
|-
|align="center"| 
| [[United States two-dollar bill|$2]] United States Note
| {{val|6.140|×|2.610|u=in}} ({{val|155.956|×|66.294|u=mm}})
| Green; Black
| [[Thomas Jefferson]]
| [[Monticello]]
|-
|align="center"| [[File:US $5 1963 USN.jpg|frameless|156x156px]]
| [[United States five-dollar bill|$5]] United States Note
|  {{val|6.140|×|2.610|u=in}} ({{val|155.956|×|66.294|u=mm}})
| Green; Black
| [[Abraham Lincoln]]
| [[Lincoln Memorial]]
|}

===Series 1966 United States Notes===
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%"
!colspan="12"| United States Notes – Small-size issue, Series 1966 
|-
!colspan="1"| Image !!rowspan="2"| Value !!rowspan="2"| Dimensions !!rowspan="2"| Main Color !!colspan="2"|
|-
! Obverse/Reverse !! Obverse !! Reverse 
|-
|align="center"| [[File:US_%24100_United_States_Note_1966.jpg|150px]]
| [[United States one hundred-dollar bill|$100]] United States Note
| {{val|6.140|×|2.610|u=in}} ({{val|155.956|×|66.294|u=mm}})
| Green; Black
| [[Benjamin Franklin]]
| [[Independence Hall]]
|}