$5 1934 FRN Chicago Fr. 1956-G EARLY CHICAGO GANGSTER MONEY Very Fine

$5 1934 Federal Reserve Note – Chicago
Fr. 1956-G • EARLY CHICAGO “GANGSTER MONEY” • Very Fine

A classic 1934 Chicago $5 Federal Reserve Note, this Fr. 1956-G comes from a time and place forever linked with America’s most infamous underworld figures. Issued in the mid-1930s—right as the city’s Prohibition-era tensions were fading and organized crime was reshaping itself—notes like this circulated through the same streets, speakeasies, theaters, and gambling halls that defined Chicago’s legendary gangster years.

Could this note have passed through the hands of:

• Al Capone’s remaining Outfit associates?

• Johnny Torrio loyalists still influencing operations?

• The emerging hierarchy that followed Frank Nitti?

• Bank robbers of the era—Dillinger’s associates, the Barker–Karpis gang?

We’ll never know for certain—but the era, the city, and the timing make this a piece that sparks the imagination.

This example grades Very Fine, showing honest circulation with strong detail, sharp overprints, and a pleasing, original look.