Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-11-23
TWO DOLLAR CERTIFICATES.
A Brief and Interesting Account of
hem.

WAsHNGToN, Nov. 19.-The new So
silver certificates are being printed.
and some OF them will soon be in circula-
iation. The engraving OF the So certiti-
Gates has been begun, after the designs
approved by Secretary Manning, the first
OF the month. There NAV be slight
changes made IN the scroll work and
enumeration, but the essential features
OF The note wal! be those already deter
mined upon. The front will have a fine
Vignette portrait Of Gen. Grant
on the right, representing him
In civilian costume and with a
square cut beard. The portrait. unlike
most OF those of Grant, engraved at the
| Bureau OF Engraving and Printing, repre-
| SCENTS MN late in life, Just before the close
OF his second Presidential term. Adit,
Gen. Drum calls it the best portrait of
! Grant he has seen. The printing on the
face OF the note will be mostly in light and
pretty type, with the words United
states" finely engraved on u curved panel,
ornamented at the ends. The word
"hye' will be IN plain, legible type, and
a lathe counter on the right will give a
large ngure, and another counter on the
lett VIII give the Roman numeral. The
words: "Aot of Aug. !, 1886" will De in
small type in the ornamental border. The
numbering OF the certificate will be du-
p!lcated over the Grant portrait. and in
the lower left band corner Of the note.
The seal will be printed in red Just above
he signature OF Register Kosecrans,
The back OF the certificate IL to be different
in design from anything else issued from
the Treasury. There will be medallion
representing the liberty head side of the
standard silver dollar, standing out clear
and round in the middle Of she note.
Around this is large ornamental mass
OF lathe work with laps on each side over
another silver dollar with the eagle face
visible. This laps in turn over another
dollar with the same face to the front,
making with the one in the centre ard
! the two on each side, i've coins repre-
sented. This striking com binalion is
we'll set off on panel OF cycloidal ruling,
with an unusually wide and handsome
border of lathe work. The words
UNITED States arc printed in large old
| English text across the face of the
four COINS on the sides, but the middle
one stands out untouched, separating the
two words. This back will nave unity
of design and an effective beauty superior
to the back OF any other note. The front
OF the note, though handsome, is not con-
sldered quite so artistic in effect as the
So certificate with the vlgnette of Han
cock on the left and the finely engraved
scrolls and panels on which the wording
appears. The detail of the designing and
the fineness and excellence of the engrav-
inc of all these silver certificates surpass
anything heretofore produced by the gov
eminent, and reflect great credit upon
Chief Graves, Superintendent O'Neill
and the designers and engrayers OF the
bureau.
The issue of silver certificates of all de-
nominations will go on steadily now, IN
less suspended by some new legislation
of Congress. Estimates to permit the
finish of the work has been included in
the sums asked for by the Bureau of En-
craving ard Printing, and will be taken
from the regular appropriation made in
the sundry civil bill.