Value of March 3, 1863 Five Cents Fractional Currency

Series: Third

Year: March 3, 1863

Denomination: Five Cents

Signatures: Colby & Spinner

Portrait: Spencer M Clark

Front Text: Act of March 3d 1863 – United States Fractional Currency Five Cents – Receivable For All U.S. Stamps Furnished Only by the Assistant Treasurers And Designated Depositories of the United States – Regr – Treasr – Engraved and Printed at the Treasury Department

Back Text: Exchangeable for United States Notes By Assistant Treasurers & Designated Depositories Of The United States in the sums not less than Three Dolls. Receivable In Payment Of All Dues To The United States Less Than Five Dollars Except Customs.

What’s Rare: Spencer Clark fractionals can have a red back or a green back. Both are equally common/rare depending on how you look at it. Scarcer varieties have a small “a” printed on the front left hand side of the note at about 8:45 o’clock (if that makes sense). Send us a picture of what you have to get more information.

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