1780 United States 5 Dollar Note Value

This 1780 note, the United States 5 Dollar Note, is documented below from 8 documented examples: its inscriptions, design and physical details. As a collectible note, its worth is driven by survival, condition and demand, not bullion.

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1780 United States 5 Dollar Note specifications

Series
United States Paper Money
Denomination
United States 5 Dollar Note
Year
1780
Material
Paper

1780 United States 5 Dollar Note inscriptions & design

Obverse

FIVE DOLLARS. / STATE of MASSACHUSETTS-BAY. / THE POSSESSOR of this BILL shall be paid FIVE \ SPANISH milled DOLLARS by the Thirty first Day \ of December, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty- \ six, with Interest in like Money, at the Rate of Five per \ Centum per Annum, by the State of MASSACHUSETTS- \ BAY, according to an Act of the Legislature of the said \ State, of the Fifth Day of May, 1780. / Interest. s. d. q. \ Annually, 1 6 0 \ Monthly 0 1 2 / FIVE DOLLARS [x2]

Decorative borders

Reverse

THE UNITED STATES \ FIVE DOLLARS. / THE UNITED STATES ensure the Payment \ of the within BILL, and will draw Bills \ of Exchange for the Interest annually, if de- \ manded, according to a Resolution of CON- \ GRESS, of the 18th of March, 1780. / Printed by HALL and SELLERS / The United States / FOUR \ DOLLARS. / SUSTINE VEL ABSTINE.

Seal

Measured 1780 United States 5 Dollar Note specimens

8 physically measured 1780 United States 5 Dollar Note examples in our reference database. Real measured weights and die axes let you authenticate a coin against the g, mm minting standard.

Measured 1780 United States 5 Dollar Note specimens
SpecimenWeightDiameterDie axisReferences
1780 United States 5 Dollar Note #1--3 hFriedberg.MA-282
1780 United States 5 Dollar Note #2--3 hFriedberg.NH-183
1780 United States 5 Dollar Note #3--3 hFriedberg.NH-183
1780 United States 5 Dollar Note #4--3 hFriedberg.NJ-188
1780 United States 5 Dollar Note #5--3 hFriedberg.MA-282
1780 United States 5 Dollar Note #6--3 hFriedberg.RI-286
1780 United States 5 Dollar Note #7--3 hFriedberg.RI-286
1780 United States 5 Dollar Note #8--3 hFriedberg.RI-286

Specifications compiled from documented museum specimens. See our data & methodology page.