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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 in (187 mm) by 3.18 in (81 mm).
One example of a A Series 1891 $1,000 silver certificate sold for US$2.6m in June 2013. [3] In 1895 his salary at the BEP was $6,000 (equivalent to $219,744 in 2023) per year. [4] He did the engraving for the obverse of the United States one-dollar bill for the 1896 Educational Series: History Instructing Youth. [5] [6]
Smillie also did the engraving for the portrait of Woodrow Wilson on the United States one-hundred-thousand-dollar bill. [9] His engravings can be seen on the 1896 five-dollar bill (Electricity as the Dominant Force in the World), the 1899 five-dollar bill (Chief), the 1899 two-dollar bill, the 1923 one-dollar bill and other banknotes and ...
History Instructing Youth is a series 1896 United States one-dollar bill. It was one of three notes in the US Bureau of Engraving and Printing's (BEP) Educational Series. After many complaints about the notes in the series, the BEP replaced them in 1899. Today, it is considered one of the most beautiful and popular US large-size notes.
Mayor of New York DeWitt Clinton appeared on two other versions. [1] The obverse of the 1928 and 1934 series features a portrait of Grover Cleveland facing right while toward a United States Department of the Treasury seal. [2] The reverse of the 1928 and 1934 one-thousand-dollar bills feature lathework and Reverse and a decorative border.
The certificates were initially redeemable for their face value of silver dollar coins and later (for one year – 24 June 1967 to 24 June 1968) in raw silver bullion. [12] Since 1968 they have been redeemable only in Federal Reserve Notes and are thus obsolete, but still valid legal tender at their face value.
The one-dollar bill has the oldest overall design of all U.S. currency currently being produced. [note 1] The reverse design of the present dollar debuted in 1935, and the obverse in 1963 when it was first issued as a Federal Reserve Note (previously, one-dollar bills were Silver Certificates). A dollar bill is composed of 25% linen and