Valued image set: Demand Notes

	This is a valued image set on Wikimedia Commons. The image has been assessed under the valued image criteria and is considered the most valued image set on Commons within the scope: United States Demand Notes, Series 1861, Complete denomination set You can see its nomination at Commons:Valued image candidates/United States Demand Notes (Series 1861).
$5 Demand Note, depicting Alexander Hamilton and the Statue of Freedom $10 Demand Note, depicting Abraham Lincoln $20 Demand Note, with a vignette depicting Liberty
Demand Notes, produced from August 1861 to April 1862, were the first United States federally-issued paper currency. Bearing the issue date of 10 August 1861, these are the only U.S. Banknotes (1861 to the present) to enter circulation without a treasury seal. All demand notes were hand-signed by treasury officials (Assistant Treasurers or clerks) on behalf of the Register and Treasurer of the United States. Demand notes were issued in $5, $10, and $20 denominations only.