$5 1907 WOODCHOPPER PCGS F15 EXCELLENT "PCBLIC" ERROR
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A seriously amazingly cool fin. The famous woodsman five in stunning attractive fresh quality. A few edge tears. Opportunity of a lifetime. A United States Note (known popularly in its day as a "greenback") is a fiat paper currency that was issued directly into circulation by the United States Department of the Treasury . These bills of credit were also known as Legal Tender Notes because of the inscription on each obverse face stating "This Note is a Legal Tender." They were among the first national United States currency , authorized by the Legal Tender Act of 1862 and began circulating during the American Civil War . After the death of Abraham Lincoln on 15 April 1865 , additional "first charter period" (i.e. banks chartered between 1863 and 1882) National Bank Notes and Gold Certificates of 1865 were issued. The notes were issued until January 1971, after which they were entirely replaced by the Federal Reserve Notes which had circulated alongside them since 1914. Despite the fact that in modern times the word "greenback" usually refers to any United States paper currency (all noted for their use of green ink on the reverse side of bills), the original origin of the term is from United States Notes, which were issued with green backs. The later Federal Reserve Notes and also gold certificates and silver certificates in the
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