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The 1899 United States five-dollar Silver Certificate is known as the Indian Chief Note note. The note features Sioux chief Running Antelope wearing an incorrect war bonnet . It is the only US federal paper currency featuring a named Native American .
The $1 silver certificate from the Hawaii overprint series. 1899 United States five-dollar Silver Certificate (Chief Note) depicting Running Antelope of the Húŋkpapȟa. Silver certificates are a type of representative money issued between 1878 and 1964 in the United States as part of its circulation of paper currency . [ 1 ]
The Black Eagle replaced the one-dollar note in the 1896 series which was called "History Instructing Youth". The 1899 $1 Black Eagle was issued from 1899 until the 1920s. [1] One reason for the redesign was to make counterfeiting more difficult. [2] The 1899 series was the last series printed in large size, [3] 7.38
As a way of honoring more presidents, the U.S. Mint began issuing Presidential Dollar coins in the 2000s. Most are worth about face value, but a couple are valued in six figures due to errors .
Denominations of $1, $2, and $5 were produced. Denominations of $10, $20, $50, $100, $500 and $1000 were also planned. The $10 and $50 designs were being prepared but were never completed or produced before the series was abandoned and replaced by the series of 1899. [7] [8]
This created a new U.S. dollar that was backed by 1.50 grams (23.22 grains) of gold. However, the previous dollar had been represented by 1.60 g (24.75 grains) of gold. The result of this revaluation, which was the first devaluation of the U.S. dollar, was that the value in gold of the dollar was reduced by 6%.
The rarest half dollar is the 1892-O "Micro O", in which the mint mark "O" for New Orleans was impressed on the half dollar die with a puncheon intended for the quarter; other key dates are the regular 1892-O, 1892-S, 1893-S, 1897-O, 1897-S, 1913, 1914, and 1915. The last three dates have very low mintages but were preserved in substantial numbers.
On "Pawn Stars" Rick Harrison had to spend a pretty penny ... to get a pretty silver dollar. A 1922 High-Relief Proof Coin to be exact. ... USA TODAY. Indian Ocean tsunami two decades ago left ...