1886 $5 Silver Certificate. "Silver Dollar Back" Note |
Paper Money of the United States: 1886 Five Dollar Silver Certificate “Silver Dollar Note”, Large Red Treasury Seal
The Series 1886 Five Dollar Silver Certificate “Silver Dollar Note” was ranked 21st most beautiful note in the book 100 Greatest American Currency Notes compiled by Bowers and Sundman.
Obverse: Bust of Ulysses S. Grant, 18th President of the United States,1869-1873. The portrait was engraved by Lorenzo J. Hatch. Large red treasury seal at left of center.
Reverse: "Morgan Silver Dollar" coin vignette - Five Silver Dollars, the central one dated 1886, the same year as this series. Portions of the inscription “In God We Trust” are discernible on four of the coins.
Signatures: (as depicted) William Starke Rosecrans, Register of the Treasury and James William Hyatt, Treasurer of the United States.
Inscriptions: Silver Certificate - Department Series 1886 - Act of August 4 1886 - Bureau of Engraving & Printing - Register Of The Treasury - Treasurer Of The United States - This Certifies That There Have Been Deposited In The Treasury Of The United States Five Silver Dollars Payable To Bearer On Demand Washington, D.C. - United States Silver Certificate - Amer Septent Sigil Thesaur - This Certificate Is Receivable For Customs, Taxes and All Public Dues, And When So Received May Be Reissued - Engraved and printed at the Bureau, Engraving & Printing
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