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at their face value and hence are still an accepted form of currency. These are six banknotes from the 1880 series of large-size silver certificates, designed by the
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and comprising eight denominations from $ 1 to $ 1000. Each banknote bears a portrait of a different individual, identified above.
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issued between 1878 and 1964 in the United States as part of its circulation of paper currency. They were produced in response to
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Picture of the day archives
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2024 March 6
2024 March 8
Picture of the day
Silver certificates
Obverse and reverse of an 1880 ten-dollar silver certificate
Robert Morris
Obverse and reverse of an 1808 twenty-dollar silver certificate
Stephen Decatur
Obverse and reverse of an 1808 fifty-dollar silver certificate
Edward Everett
Obverse and reverse of an 1880 one-hundred-dollar silver certificate
James Monroe
Obverse and reverse of an 1880 five-hundred-dollar silver certificate
Charles Sumner
Obverse and reverse of an 1880 one-thousand-dollar silver certificate
William Marcy
Silver certificates
representative money
silver agitation
Coinage Act of 1873
gold standard
Federal Reserve Notes
legal tender
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Andrew Shiva
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