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1899 $1 Silver Certificates FR 226-236

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Set Details
Note Description: Silver Certificate
$1 1899 Large Size
Grade: 65 EPQ
Country: US
Note Number: 228
Seal Type: Blue
Signatures/
Vignettes:		 Vernon
Treat
Certification #: 1015395-013  
Owner: Ron Stone
Sets Competing: Big Silver 1's  Score: 1558
Date Added: 1/1/2018
Research: See PMG's Census Report for this Note

Owner's Description

The series of 1899 commonly known as the "Black Eagle" shows eagle standing in front of U. S. Capitol over busts of Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant.
The series of 1899 "Black Eagle" notes were engraved by George Fredrick Cumming Smillie.
Early Silver Certificates often had red, brown or blue serial numbers & seals.Beginning in 1899, serial numbers & seals on the $1, $2 & $5 notes were officially & permanently changed to blue.
The series of 1899 notes came with 11 different Register of the Treasury & Treasurer of the United States signature combinations.
During World War two, the government issued series of 1935A Silver Certificates with a brown seal for Hawaii distribution.
Also produced was the series of 1935A $1 Silver Certificate & a series 1934A $5 Silver Certificate with yellow seals for North Africa distribution.

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