1 Dollar, Silver Certificate, United States, 1899
date: label: date made
content: 1899
name: label: maker
content: Bureau of Engraving and Printing
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) dollar note
label: Description (Brief)
content: United States, 1899
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: Eagle standing on a flag in front of the U.S. Capitol. Small busts of Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant below.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: 1 / THIS CERTIFIES THAT THERE HAS BEEN DEPOSITED IN THE TREASURY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ONE SILVER DOLLAR PAYABLE TO THE BEARER ON DEMAND. / SILVER CERTIFICATE / V75900342A / WASHINGTON, D.C. / ACT OF AUG. 4, 1886. / SERIES OF 1899. / LINCOLN / GRANT
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: Geometric design around text.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: ONE / 1 / ONE DOLLAR / SILVER CERTIFICATE / THIS CERTIFICATE IS RECEIVABLE FOR CUSTOMS, TAXES AND ALL PUBLIC DUES, AND WHEN SO RECEIVED MAY BE REISSUED. / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / 3 CASES / JAM / 25 MUMS GORDON ROUSE QT. / 50 KING GEORGE / 50 PERFECTION / 50 JOHNNIE WALKER / 50 WHITE HORSE NONREFILLABLE / 75 W-H NONREFILLALE HILS FLASKS / 15 BENEDICTINE / 5 BRANDY XXX / 5 APRICOT BRANDY / 10 GIN NICK.
label: Description (Brief)
content: General Information: This note was cut in two halves and used by liquor smugglers at the Canadian border during Prohibition as a means of identification between parties by matching the serial number on the bill.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
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: W. Max Euler
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: NU.66.30496
label: catalog number
content: 66.30496
label: accession number
content: 270435
label: serial number
content: V75900342A
objectType: label: Object Name
content: note
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7.9 cm x 18.8 cm x .01 cm; 3 1/8 in x 7 13/32 in x in