1 Dollar, Silver Certificate, United States, 1886
date: label: Date made
content: series 1896
label: date made
content: 1896
name: label: maker
content: Bureau of Engraving and Printing
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) dollar note
label: Description (Brief)
content: United States, 1896
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: Allegorical figure of History instructing Youth. Washington Monument and US Capitol Building in the background.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: ONE / 1 / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / 444951 / SERIES OF 1896. / HISTORY INSTRUCTING YOUTH. / THIS CERTIFIES THAT THERE HAS BEEN DEPOSITED IN THE TREASURY OF THE UNITED STATES ONE SILVER DOLLAR PAYABLE TO THE BEARER ON DEMAND / WASHINGTON, D.C. / SILVER CERTIFICATE / BUREAU OF ENGRAVING AND PRINTING / ACT OF AUG. 4, 1886.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: Portrait of Martha Washington on left and George Washington on right.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: UNITED STATES / 1 / ONE DOLLAR / SILVER CERTIFICATE / THIS CERTIFICATE IS RECEIVABLE FOR CUSTOMS, TAXES AND ALL PUBLIC DUES, AND WHEN SO RECEIVED MAY BE REISSUED. / BUREAU OF ENGRAVING & PRINTING.
label: Description
content: The third issue of Silver Certificates authorized by Acts of 1878 and 1886 in the Series of 1896 comprise a set of $1, $2, and $5 notes that have become one of the most popular groups of Federal currency-the Educational Series. The allegorical scene on the left shows 'History instructing Youth' with a reclining female in classical dress with one arm around a standing child and the other hand extended pointing to the text or the landscape. The text is the U.S. Constitution and the background shows two famous buildings in the Nation's Capital. The other denominations show famous inventors or Civil War generals on the back and allegorical scenes on the face. The back of this note shows Martha Washington engraved by Charles Burt in 1878 and George Washington engraved by Alfred Sealey in 1867.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
label: associated place
content: United States
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content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
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content: Silver Certificates
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Chase Manhattan
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: NU.79.112.CM05123
label: accession number
content: 1979.1263
label: catalog number
content: 79.112.CM05123
label: serial number
content: 444951
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Bank Note
label: Object Name
content: note
label: Object Name
content: Silver Certificate
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: red (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7.85 cm x 18.5 cm x .01 cm; 3 3/32 in x 7 9/32 in x in