* Gold certificates have gold seals and FRNs have green seals.
"A" is the highest series letter for 1928 $50 Federal Reserve Notes. "K" is most likely the Federal Reserve District letter. The series letter, if any, on US bills is next to the date. Please see the question "What is the value of a 1928 US 50 dollar Federal Reserve Note?" for more information on values.
Green seals are used on all Federal Reserve Notes dated 1928 to the present.
It's actually called the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. However all 1928 Federal Reserve Notes had green seals, so please check your bill again and post a new, separate question.
Please check your bill again and post a new, separate question. The US didn't print any $50 Federal Reserve Notes dated 1923. Your bill may be dated 1928.
The banner across its top and the green seal indicate it's a Federal Reserve Note, the same type of paper money used today. Please see the question "What is the value of a 1928 B US 20 dollar bill?" for more information. At time your bill was issued, Federal Reserve Notes could be exchanged for gold but were a separate form of paper money from gold certificates. The distinction was financial rather than practical: Even though both could be exchanged for physical gold, certificates were backed dollar-for-dollar by a specific amount of gold bullion held in the Treasury, while Federal Reserve Notes had no precious-metal backing.
A denomination is needed. Please look for questions in the form "What is the value of a 1928 A US [denomination] dollar Federal Reserve Note?" for specific information.
The green seal indicates that it's a Federal Reserve Note. Please see the question "What is the value of a 1928 US 5 dollar Federal Reserve Note?" for more information.
The green seal indicates that your bill is a Federal Reserve Note. Please see "What is the value of a 1928 D US 5 dollar Federal Reserve note?" for more information.
All 1928 $20 Federal Reserve Notes carried the phrase "Redeemable in Gold", although they weren't gold certificates. There were also gold certificates with that denomination but they have gold seals and lack the words Federal Reserve Note. Please see the question "What is the value of a 1928 US 20 dollar Federal Reserve Note?" for more information.
"A" is the highest series letter for 1928 $50 Federal Reserve Notes. "K" is most likely the Federal Reserve District letter. The series letter, if any, on US bills is next to the date. Please see the question "What is the value of a 1928 US 50 dollar Federal Reserve Note?" for more information on values.
1928-series $100 bills weren't issued as silver certificates, only gold certificates and Federal Reserve Notes. Please look at the bill's front to determine which you have; then check one of the following: "What is the value of a 1928 US 100 dollar Federal Reserve Note?" "What is the value of a 1928 US 100 dollar gold certificate?"
Not every old bill is automatically a certificate so it's important to check carefully. If it has a gold seal and says "Gold Certificate", see the question "What is the value of a 1928 US 10 dollar gold certificate?" for values. If it has a green seal and says "Federal Reserve Note", it's not a certificate, it's a Federal Reserve Note. See the question "What is the value of a 1928 US 10 dollar Federal Reserve Note?" for values.
That phrase appeared on all Federal Reserve Notes of the time because the US still issued gold-backed currency, even though FRNs were not gold certificates. Please see the question "What is the value of a 1928 US 5 dollar Federal Reserve Note?" for more information.
Please don't assume that every old bill has to be a silver certificate. 1928 $10 bills were issued as gold certificates with gold seals and as Federal Reserve Notes, with the familiar green seal and the words "Federal Reserve Note" across the top.Please check the bill's seal color and wording across your bill's top front; then see one of the following questions:"What is the value of a 1928 US 10 dollar Federal Reserve Note?""What is the value of a 1928 US 10 dollar gold certificate?"
The value of a 1928 twenty dollar bill that says "The Federal Reserve Missouri Bank of St. Louis" would actually depend on a number of things. The main factor that should be considered when determining value would be the condition of the bill.
All 1928 $5 Federal Reserve Notes carried the phrase "Redeemable in Gold", although they weren't gold certificates and in fact no gold certificates with that denomination were printed. Please see the question "What is the value of a 1928 A US 5 dollar Federal Reserve Note?" for more information.
Your bill is actually called a Federal Reserve Note, like modern $20 bills, rather than "a bank note of Chicago". Chicago is simply the Federal Reserve District location that distributed the bill. Please see the question "What is the value of a 1928 US 20 dollar Federal Reserve Note?" for more information.