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1899 $1 Silver Certificates FR 226-236 |
| Item: |
Silver Certificate
$1 1899 Large Size |
| Grade: |
PMG AU 55 EPQ |
| Cert #: |
2019302-001
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Owner Comments
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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1923 $1 Silver Certificates FR 237-239 |
| Item: |
Silver Certificate
$1 1923 Large Size |
| Grade: |
PMG 64 EPQ |
| Cert #: |
5011860-004
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Owner Comments
Silver Certificate, $1 1923 large size "Horse Blanket".
Choice Uncirculated, S/N M17994726D (MD Block). Bought on 3/1/2023, $249.00 (EBAY, Action Currency). Arrived 3/3/2023.
Numista entry:
Obverse:
Portrait of George Washington at the center, the register's Signature, and Treasury Seal at left, and the secretary's Signature and 1 DOLLAR at the right.
Lettering:
"SILVER CERTIFICATE"
THIS CERTIFIES THAT THERE HAS BEEN DEPOSITED IN THE TREASURY OF
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
ONE SILVER DOLLAR
PAYABLE TO THE BEARER ON DEMAND
"THIS CERTIFICATE IS RECEIVABLE FOR ALL PUBLIC DUES AND WHEN SO RECEIVED MAY BE REISSUED"
"WASHINGTON, D.C."
"SERIES OF 1923"
Reverse:
Stylized THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and ONE DOLLAR at center.
Lettering:
"THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA"
"ONE DOLLAR"
Signatures:
Harley V. Speelman (HVS)
Register of the Treasury
Frank White (FW)
Treasurer of the United States
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