| Obligation | Obligation tex |
|---|---|
| First | This note is a legal tender for all debts, public and private, except duties on imports and interest on the public debt, and is exchangeable for the U.S. six percent twenty-year bonds, redeemable at the pleasure of the United States after five years. |
| Second | This note is a legal tender for all debts, public and private, except duties on imports and interest on the public debt, and is receivable in payment of all loans made to the United States. |
| Value | Year | Obligation | Fr. | Image | Portrait | Population |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $1 | 1862 | Second[nb 4] | Fr.16c | 
|
Salmon P. Chase (Joseph P. Ourdan) | 2,607 (194) |
| $2 | 1862 | Second | Fr.41 | 
|
Alexander Hamilton | 1,212 (881) |
| $5 | 1862 | First | Fr.61a | 
|
Freedom (Owen G. Hanks, eng; Thomas Crawford, art)[14] Alexander Hamilton | 1,591 (188) |
| $10 | 1863 | First | Fr.95b | 
|
Abraham Lincoln (Frederick Girsch);[15] Eagle; Art | 375 (161) |
| $20 | 1863 | First | Fr.126b | 
|
Liberty | 375 (161) |
| $50 | 1862 | Third | Fr.148a | 
|
Alexander Hamilton (Joseph P. Ourdan)[16] | 45 (1) |
| $100 | 1863 | Third | Fr.167 | 
|
Vignette spread eagle (Joseph P. Ourdan)[17] | 51 (2) |
| $500 | 1862 | Third | Fr.183c | 
|
Albert Gallatin | 6 (4) |
| $1,000 | 1863 | Third | Fr.186e | 
|
Robert Morris (Charles Schlecht) | 4 (1) |