Red Seal Bills

Red Seal Notes are United States Currency known as United States Notes and also called Legal Tender Notes.  Legal Tender Notes are the longest lived of all  U.S. Currency, first authorized in the Act of Congress, May 3, 1878 and issued through 1971.  Large size Legal Tender Notes were issued through 1929 and then the currency (along with all US currency) changed to small or modern size as all US Currency is today.  Small size Legal Tender Notes all have red seals therefore they are referred to as Red Seal Notes or Red Seal Bills.  Red Seal Notes have been issued in $1, $2, $5, and $100.  They also printed but did not issue $10 and $20 denominations.  

Only one issue of the $1 Red Seal Note was printed, the series 1928. The $2 Red Seal Notes were printed in multiple series:  1928, 1928 A through G, 1953, 1953 A through C, 1963, and 1963 A.  $5 Red Seal Notes were also printed in multiple series: 1928, 1928 A through F, 1953, 1953 A through C, and 1963.  The $100 Red Seal Notes were printed in series 1966 and 1966 A.