1899 and 1923 $1 United States “Horse Blanket” Silver Certificate Set.
1899 $1 Silver Certificates FR 226-236

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Set Details
Note Description: Silver Certificate
$1 1899 Large Size
Grade: AU 55 EPQ
Country: US
Note Number: 236
Seal Type: Blue
Signatures/
Vignettes:		 Speelman
White
Certification #: 2019302-001  
Owner: tomadams
Sets Competing: 1899 and 1923 $1 United States “Horse Blanket” Silver Certificate Set.  Score: 873
Date Added: 3/13/2023
Research: See PMG's Census Report for this Note

Owner's Description

Silver Certificate, $1 1899 large size "Horse Blanket".

About Uncirculated, S/N K58073681A (KA Block). Bought on 3/13/2023, $488.49 ($474.99 + $13.50 (shipping)), EBAY, TJ’s Coins and Books). Arrived 3/16/2023.

The Black Eagle design was one of the longest-lived Silver Certificate designs as it was produced from 1899 until 1922. It was replaced in 1923 by the modern portrait we all know of President George Washington that has dominated $1 paper bills for nearly a century.

This Series 1899 $1 Silver Certificate is version Fr# 236, the last version of Series 1899. It was issued in 1922. Harley V. Speelman (HVS), Register of the Treasury as of 1/25/1922, and Frank White (FW), Treasurer of the United States as of 5/2/1921, are on this Silver Certificate; and are also on Series 1923 $1 Silver Certificate version Fr# 237, the first version of Series 1923, which is also part of this set.

Numista entry:
Obverse:
Eagle on a United States flag with the Capital Building in the background. Small busts of Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant below.

Lettering:
THIS CERTIFIES THAT THERE HAS BEEN DEPOSITED IN THE TREASURY OF THE
SILVER CERTIFICATE / SILVER CERTIFICATE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

ACT OF AUG. 4, 1886/SERIES OF 1899

ONE SILVER DOLLAR

Payable to the / Bearer on demand.
SILVER
CERTIFICATE

LINCOLN / GRANT

Reverse:
Ornamental designs.

Lettering:
SILVER CERTIFICATE
ONE DOLLAR / ONE DOLLAR

THIS CERTIFICATE
IS RECEIVABLE FOR CUSTOMS, TAXES AND
ALL PUBLIC DUES, AND
WHEN SO RECEIVED
MAY BE REISSUED.

Signatures:
Harley V. Speelman (HVS)
Register of the Treasury

Frank White (FW)
Treasurer of the United States

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