1 Dollar Silver Certificate

Series: Series of 1899

Obverse

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

Script: Latin

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

Engraver: George Frederick Cumming Smillie

Reverse

Ornamental designs

Script: Latin

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

Judson Whitlocke Lyons (JWL)	Register of the Treasury
Ellis Henry Roberts (EHR)	Treasurer of the United States
Charles H. Treat (CHT)	Treasurer of the United States
William Tecumseh Vernon (WTV)	Register of the Treasury
Lee McClung (LM)	Treasurer of the United States
James Carroll Napier (JCN)	Register of the Treasury
Carmi Alderman Thompson (CAT)	Treasurer of the United States
Gabe E. Parker (GEP)	Register of the Treasury
John Burke (JB)	Treasurer of the United States
Houston Benge Teehee (HBT)	Register of the Treasury
William S. Elliott (WSE)	Register of the Treasury
Frank White (FW)	Treasurer of the United States
Harley V. Speelman (HVS)	Register of the Treasury

Comments

Notes issued from 1899 through 1920's.
There are three minor varieties.
Series date above the right serial number,


Series date below the right serial number,


Series date vertically right,
note above

See also

• Bird
• Eagle
• Government building
• Politician
• Flag

• 2 Dollars (Silver Certificate)
• 5 Dollars (Silver Certificate - "Indian Chief Note")

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Date	Signatures			G	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC	References			Frequency
Undetermined
1899	JWL, EHR										Fr US# 226 Arthur Louis Friedberg, Ira S. Friedberg. Paper Money of the United States. Coin & Currency Institute (2 volumes). , P# 338a Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Series date above serial with no prefix or suffix		5%
1899	JWL, EHR										Fr US# 226a Arthur Louis Friedberg, Ira S. Friedberg. Paper Money of the United States. Coin & Currency Institute (2 volumes). , P# 338b(1) Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Series date below serial with letter prefix		4%
1899	JWL, CHT										Fr US# 227 Arthur Louis Friedberg, Ira S. Friedberg. Paper Money of the United States. Coin & Currency Institute (2 volumes). , P# 338b(2) Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Series date below serial with letter prefix		1.1%
1899	WTV, CHT										Fr US# 228 Arthur Louis Friedberg, Ira S. Friedberg. Paper Money of the United States. Coin & Currency Institute (2 volumes). , P# 338b(3) Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Series date below serial with letter prefix		5%
1899	WTV, LM										Fr US# 229 Arthur Louis Friedberg, Ira S. Friedberg. Paper Money of the United States. Coin & Currency Institute (2 volumes). , P# 338b(4) Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Series date below serial with letter prefix		1.4%
1899	WTV, LM										Fr US# 229* Arthur Louis Friedberg, Ira S. Friedberg. Paper Money of the United States. Coin & Currency Institute (2 volumes). , P# 338b(4)r Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Series date below serial with ★ prefix and letter suffix - Replacement		0.7%
1899	WTV, LM										Fr US# 229a Arthur Louis Friedberg, Ira S. Friedberg. Paper Money of the United States. Coin & Currency Institute (2 volumes). , P# 338c(1) Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Series date at right. Serial with letter prefix		1.4%
1899	WTV, LM										Fr US# 229a* Arthur Louis Friedberg, Ira S. Friedberg. Paper Money of the United States. Coin & Currency Institute (2 volumes). , P# 338c(1)r Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Series date at right. Replacement		0%
1899	JCN, LM										Fr US# 230 Arthur Louis Friedberg, Ira S. Friedberg. Paper Money of the United States. Coin & Currency Institute (2 volumes). , P# 338c(2) Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Series date at right. Serial with letter prefix and suffix		7%
1899	JCN, LM										Fr US# 230* Arthur Louis Friedberg, Ira S. Friedberg. Paper Money of the United States. Coin & Currency Institute (2 volumes). , P# 338c(2)r Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Series date at right. Serial with ✩ prefix and letter suffix - Replacement		0.4%
1899	JCN, CAT										Fr US# 231 Arthur Louis Friedberg, Ira S. Friedberg. Paper Money of the United States. Coin & Currency Institute (2 volumes). , P# 338c(3) Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Series date at right. Serial with letter prefix and suffix		0%
1899	GEP, JB										Fr US# 232 Arthur Louis Friedberg, Ira S. Friedberg. Paper Money of the United States. Coin & Currency Institute (2 volumes). , P# 338c(4) Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Series date at right. Serial with letter prefix and suffix		4%
1899	GEP, JB										Fr US# 232* Arthur Louis Friedberg, Ira S. Friedberg. Paper Money of the United States. Coin & Currency Institute (2 volumes). , P# 338c(4)r Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Series date at right. Serial with ✩ prefix and letter suffix - Replacement		0%
1899	HBT, JB				$ 100	$ 130	$ 150				Fr US# 233 Arthur Louis Friedberg, Ira S. Friedberg. Paper Money of the United States. Coin & Currency Institute (2 volumes). , P# 338c(5) Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Series date at right. Serial with letter prefix and suffix		20%
1899	HBT, JB										Fr US# 233* Arthur Louis Friedberg, Ira S. Friedberg. Paper Money of the United States. Coin & Currency Institute (2 volumes). , P# 338c(5)r Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Series date at right. Serial with ✩ prefix and letter suffix - Replacement		0.7%
1899	WSE, JB										Fr US# 234 Arthur Louis Friedberg, Ira S. Friedberg. Paper Money of the United States. Coin & Currency Institute (2 volumes). , P# 338c(6) Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Series date at right. Serial with letter prefix and suffix		5%
1899	WSE, JB										Fr US# 234* Arthur Louis Friedberg, Ira S. Friedberg. Paper Money of the United States. Coin & Currency Institute (2 volumes). , P# 338c(6)r Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Series date at right. Serial with ✩ prefix and letter suffix - Replacement		0%
1899	WSE, FW										Fr US# 235 Arthur Louis Friedberg, Ira S. Friedberg. Paper Money of the United States. Coin & Currency Institute (2 volumes). , P# 338c(7) Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Series date at right. Serial with letter prefix and suffix		12%
1899	WSE, FW										Fr US# 235* Arthur Louis Friedberg, Ira S. Friedberg. Paper Money of the United States. Coin & Currency Institute (2 volumes). , P# 338c(7)r Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Series date at right. Serial with ✩ prefix and letter suffix - Replacement		0.7%
1899	HVS, FW			$ 61	$ 71	$ 94	$ 150				Fr US# 236 Arthur Louis Friedberg, Ira S. Friedberg. Paper Money of the United States. Coin & Currency Institute (2 volumes). , P# 338c(8) Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Series date at right. Serial with letter prefix and suffix		38%
1899	HVS, FW										Fr US# 236* Arthur Louis Friedberg, Ira S. Friedberg. Paper Money of the United States. Coin & Currency Institute (2 volumes). , P# 338c(8)r Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Series date at right. Serial with ✩ prefix and letter suffix - Replacement		2%

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