United States Notes were printed in the following denominations: $1, $2, $5, $10, $20, $50, $100, $500, $1000, $5000, and $10,000.
United States Notes were used before the creation of the modern Federal Reserve System as a way of moderately influencing the money supply by federal government fiat.
United States note: A specific type of note first authorized in 1862 and called legal tender notes; name officially changed to United States notes in July 1873. The term "United States note" is not a generic term for all forms of U.S. paper money.
UNITED STATES NOTES
$2.00, Series of 1917, Fr. #60, KL #120, Small Red Seal, Speelman-White signatures, Jefferson Portrait, XF+. $175.00
FEDERAL RESERVE NOTES ...
[See Bellybutton Dollar] Jackass Note $10 United States Note issued from 1869-1928. A small eagle at center bottom appears, when held inverted, to be the head of a floppy eared jackass.
Among the most interesting of all United States notes are the inexpensive and generally ignored (I don't recall anyone making special mention of them in recent times) Civil War era five-cent fractional currency pieces bearing the portrait of "Clark.
United States Notes. New York, Sanford J. Durst, 1978.
Nock, Albert Jay. Memoirs of a Superfluous Man. Fifth edition. New York, Harper & Brothers, 1943.
Peterson, Merrill D. Thomas Jefferson. New York. Literary Classics of the United States, 1984.
They are issued by the Federal Reserve Banks and have replaced United States notes which were once issued by the Treasury Department. The authority of the Federal Reserve Banks to issue notes comes from the Federal Reserve Act of 1913.
Below is a listing by denomination of the first production and delivery dates for currency bearing IN GOD WE TRUST: DENOMINATION PRODUCTION DELIVERY $1 Federal Reserve Note February 12, 1964 March 11, 1964 $5 United States Note January 23, ...
Jackass Note $10 United States Note issued from 1869-1928. A small eagle at center bottom appears, when held inverted, to be the head of a floppy eared jackass.
These notes are printed with the words "United States Note" in the scrollwork at the top center of the note. These notes, issued at a time when money was redeemable for gold or silver, were backed only by the credit of the United States Government.
Small-size United States notes
Small-size Bicentennial $2 notes
Small-size Federal Reserve Bank notes
Small-size Federal Reserve notes
Small-size national bank notes
Small-size silver certificates
U.S. Postage and Fractional Currency ...
" He further stated that currency should be described as "United States Note," "Silver Certificate," or in some other appropriate manner.
 See also: Silver, Currency, Coin, Reserve, Dollar
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