Interest bearing notes refers to a grouping ofCivil War erapaper money-related emissions of theUS Treasury. The grouping includes the one- and two-year notes authorized by the Act of March 3, 1863, which boreinterest at five percent per annum, were alegal tender at face value, and were issued in denominations of $10, $20, $50, $100, $500 and $1000.^[1] The grouping also frequently includes theearly civil war treasury notes which matured in either sixty days or two years and bore interest at six percent and theseven-thirties which matured in three years and bore interest at 7.3 percent—though both of these latter issues lacked legal tender status.^[2] Reference texts used by currency collectors will also sometimes includecompound interest treasury notes andRefunding Certificates in this grouping as well.

Images are courtesy of theNational Numismatic Collection at theNational Museum of American History (Smithsonian Institution).

Interest bearing notes

Value	Terms	Year	Fr.	Image	Portrait/vignette[nb 1]	Population
$10	One year (5%)	1864	Fr.196a		Salmon P. Chase (Charles Burt);[3] Eagle of the Capitol and Peace (James Bannister);[3]	28 known[4]
$20	One year (5%)	1864	Fr.197		(?); Mortar firing (James Smillie);[5]Abraham Lincoln (Henry Gugler);[6]In God is our Trust	9 known[4]
$50	Two years (5%)	1864	Fr.203		Caduceus (Alfred Jones);[7] Justice with Shield (Charles Burt);[8] America (?)	7 known[9]
$100	Two years (5%)	1864	Fr.204		Farmer and Mechanic; ((Building)); In the Turret	2 known[10]
$50	Three years (7.3%)	1865	Fr.212d		Eagle and motto	6 known (only 2 known with coupons)[11]
$100	Three years (7.3%)	1865	Fr.212e		Winfield Scott	Unknown[12]
$1,000	Three years (7.3%)	1865	Fr.212g counterfeit		Justice with Shield (Charles Burt)[8]
$1,000	One year (5%)	1863	Fr.201 proof		Justice; Liberty
$1,000	Two years (5%)	1863	Fr.206 proof		Guerriere and Constitution; Discovery of the Mississippi by DeSoto
$5,000	One year (5%)	1863	Fr.202 proof		The Altar of Liberty (Louis Delnoce)
$5,000	Three years (7.3%)	1865	Fr.212h proof		Justice;New Ironsides (James Smillie)

• Friedberg, Arthur L.; Friedberg, Ira S. (2013).Paper Money of the United States: A Complete Illustrated Guide With Valuations (20th ed.). Coin & Currency Institute.ISBN 978-0-87184-520-7. Retrieved14 February 2014.
• Hessler, Gene (1993).The Engraver's Line – An Encyclopedia of Paper Money & Postage Stamp Art. BNR Press.ISBN 0-931960-36-3.
• Hessler, Gene (2004).U.S. Essay, Proof and Specimen Notes (2 ed.). BNR Press.ISBN 0-931960-62-2.

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