1856 United States Dollar Note Value

This 1856 note, the United States Dollar Note, is documented below from 12 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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1856 United States Dollar Note specifications

Series
United States Paper Money
Denomination
United States Dollar Note
Year
1856
Material
Paper

1856 United States Dollar Note inscriptions & design

Obverse

THE CENTRAL BANK OF ALABAMA WILL PAY ONE DOLLAR TO BEARER ON DEMAND

girl at desk LL, 1 and ONE in scroll Rend, wagon of cotton ctr.

Reverse

Measured 1856 United States Dollar Note specimens

12 physically measured 1856 United States 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 1856 United States Dollar Note specimens
SpecimenWeightDiameterDie axisReferences
1856 United States Dollar Note #1---C.AL.C.93, Haxby.AL-65.G4a
1856 United States Dollar Note #2---Criswell:not, Wait:not, W.1831
1856 United States Dollar Note #3---Criswell.N-480
1856 United States Dollar Note #4---Criswell.not
1856 United States Dollar Note #5---Criswell.not
1856 United States Dollar Note #6---Criswell.NJ.C.604
1856 United States Dollar Note #7---Criswell.NJ.C.604
1856 United States Dollar Note #8---Criswell.NJ.C.604
1856 United States Dollar Note #9---Criswell.NJ.C.601
1856 United States Dollar Note #10---Criswell.not
1856 United States Dollar Note #11---Criswell.not
1856 United States Dollar Note #12---Criswell.not

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