The No. A251-1-A $5 Red Seal on The First National Bank of Paintsville, Ky., shown here is a remarkable and historically significant find. It was ferreted out by Kentucky collector Richard Deavers.

Notice that it bears Treasury sheet serial A251, the as-yet lowest recorded Red Seal Treasury serial number from any sheet combination. It is from the second printing of $5 Red Seals delivered to the Comptroller’s office, a delivery that arrived on April 21, 1902, consisting of bank sheet serials 1 through 150. The first 100 of them were sent to the bank that same day.

The First National Bank of Litchfield, Minn., charter 6118, received the first printing of 5-5-5-5 Red Seals, delivered to the Comptroller on April 18. It was just a fluke that the $5 paperwork for the Litchfield bank preceded that of Paintsville. Read Full Story

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