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.
| Specimen | Weight | Diameter | Die axis | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780 United States 5 Dollar Note #1 | - | - | 3 h | Friedberg.MA-282 |
| 1780 United States 5 Dollar Note #2 | - | - | 3 h | Friedberg.NH-183 |
| 1780 United States 5 Dollar Note #3 | - | - | 3 h | Friedberg.NH-183 |
| 1780 United States 5 Dollar Note #4 | - | - | 3 h | Friedberg.NJ-188 |
| 1780 United States 5 Dollar Note #5 | - | - | 3 h | Friedberg.MA-282 |
| 1780 United States 5 Dollar Note #6 | - | - | 3 h | Friedberg.RI-286 |
| 1780 United States 5 Dollar Note #7 | - | - | 3 h | Friedberg.RI-286 |
| 1780 United States 5 Dollar Note #8 | - | - | 3 h | Friedberg.RI-286 |
Specifications compiled from documented museum specimens. See our data & methodology page.