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the blue seal is a silver certificate, so what does the red seal mean?

2007-07-15 18:18:32 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Games & Recreation Hobbies & Crafts

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US currency comes with seals of many colors:
Green: Federal Reserve Notes,1963-date, unbacked paper
Red: Legal Tender Notes,1928-1966, unbacked paper
Blue: Silver Certificates,1928-1953, payable in silver
Gold: Gold Certificates,1928-1934, payable in gold
Brown: National Bank Notes, 1929-1935, Backed by US Bonds
Unless you note is brand new perfect it has no value.

2007-07-15 18:25:36 · answer #1 · answered by kmusmc 3 · 2 0

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If you're talking about US money, there is currently only one. It's green, and it indicates that what you have is a Federal Reserve Note. Up until the early 1960's, you could find bills with a blue seal and serial numbers. Those were Silver Certificates, and you could exchange a $1 silver certificate at a bank for a silver dollar. They were last issued in 1963. Another type of note had red serial numbers and seal. Those were "United States Notes", and were issued directly by the Treasury. Most people who remember them remember them as $2 bills, because that was probably the most common denomination (although there were also $5 USN's). They were last issued in 1971, although their use effectively ended in 1967. Going back even further, there were notes with a brown seal and serial numbers. They were "National Bank Notes", and were issued by Federally Chartered banks. They were basically used to try to pump some extra cash into the economy during the Great Depression, and were last issued in 1935. The last type was the "Gold Certificate". They were like silver certificates in that you could redeem them at a bank, but instead of getting a silver dollar, you'd get gold coins. They had gold serial numbers and seals, and were last issued in 1933. There were two other types, and their use dates from WW2. Notes for use in Hawaii (both silver certificates and Federal Reserve Notes) had a brown seal and serial numbers, while silver certificates used by US troops in North Africa had blue serial numbers, but a yellow seal. The idea behind both of them was that if large numbers fell into enemy hands, they could all be declared worthless in the US, and the different colors would make them easy to spot That covers US paper money from 1928 to the present. Before 1928, the colors changed seemingly with the phases of the moon, so the color didn't really signify anything.

2016-04-06 00:07:47 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0 0

Red Seal Money

2016-10-17 21:18:20 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

The red seal is as was stated United States Notes and some have more value than others. These however are not the original what was called "Greenbacks" . That term originated with the issue of the Demand Notes of 1861. At times there were a lot of different types of notes issued by the U.S. government, some were backed by hard currency (gold or silver) and others by us having faith that the bills were Worth what it said on it, like today. Different types also circulated side by side.

2007-07-16 07:51:46 · answer #4 · answered by Taiping 7 · 1 0

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the blue seal is a silver certificate, so what does the red seal mean?

2015-08-18 16:06:41 · answer #5 · answered by ? 1 · 0 0

Red seal notes are United States Notes, the first permanent kind of federal paper money and the original "greenbacks".

2007-07-16 03:17:56 · answer #6 · answered by silverpet 6 · 0 0

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