Silver Certificate

My favorite collectible is the Silver Certificate, mainly because I like currency over collectible coins like the popular Morgan Dollar or Peace Dollar.

I love the history of the Silver Certificate, which came after The Coinage Act in 1873 put our country (the U.S.) on the gold standard. Many of our citizens at the time saw this as a "crime," and silver agitation began. Then the Bland-Allison Act was passed in 1878, which didn't provide for the "free and unlimited coinage of silver demanded by Western miners, but instead required the United States Treasury to purchase nearly million of silver bullion from mining companies to be minted into coins that would be legal tender for all debts, like gold.

These silver coins were too heavy, so the government applied their gold certificate strategy to the silver, creating the Silver Certificate.

Several features distinguish a Silver Certificate apart from other currency. First, the seal and serial numbers on many of the first Silver Certificates issued were red, brown, and blue. It was not until Series 1899 for the textarea, , and denominations that the seal color was changed to blue. During World War II, the U.S. government issued 1935a Silver Certificate with a brown seal for Hawaii distribution and 1935a certificates with a yellow seal for North Africa distribution. This was to protect the Silver Certificate to fall into enemy hands and cause economic loss during the war.

On most large-size Silver Certificates, the obligation reads: "This certifies that there have/has been deposited in the Treasury of the United States of America (number) silver dollar(s) payable to the bearer on demand." On small-sized Silver Certificates beginning with Series 1934, in order to denote current location of deposit, it was changed to read: "This certifies that there is on deposit in the Treasury of the United States of America (number) dollar(s) in silver payable to the bearer on demand."

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