The certificates were originally redeemable for their face value of silver dollar coins, and then for one year, from June of 1967 to June of 1968, for raw silver bullion.

Dangerous five-dollar silver certificates are in circulation in this city. On the portrait of Gen. Grant the hair is disarranged, the mole on the left side of the face and the shirt stud are missing.

What some did not like, however, were the silver certificates themselves as a unit of currency, even though they were designed to make life more convenient, according to Tom LaMarre at Coins Magazine.

Looking at the value difference between the silver certificate and the silver coin can be eye opening. If a person had $1,000 in 1968 and kept them in silver certificates the value today would most ...

The dollar bill featured the serial number 00000001, ... A silver certificate bill represents a unique part of American history. First issued by the U.S. government in the 1800s, ...

Reverse Text: UNITED STATES SILVER CERTIFICATE / ONE DOLLAR / THIS CERTIFICATE IS RECEIVABLE FOR CUSTOMS TAXES AND ALL PUBLIC DUES AND WHEN SO RESERVED MAY BE REISSUED. / BUREAU OF ENGRAVING & ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — To celebrate WFMY News 2 turning 75, we are opening the News 2 Vault. We take you back to 1968 when some people searched for silver certificates. Silver certificates had been ...

Would you spend $2.6 million for a certificate for $1,000?A rare, century–old silver certificate bearing the likeness of 19th century politician William L. Marcy was sold to an anonymous buyer ...

ROYERSFORD, Pa. - A U.S. man has perhaps the most valuable $10 certificate you'll ever see. Billy Baeder owns the 1933 silver certificate that an auctioneer says is worth at least a half-million ...

In the batch of worn and mutilated currency sent to the Sub-Treasury in this city for redemption on Friday were two ten-dollar silver certificates.