Good Day my Steemian precious metals brothers and sister. Today I episode three of Found Treasures! Please make sure to check out my previous post!
Booty Box
Charlotte Hornets Charm
American Silver Eagle
This one is a real treat as it is the only note on my Found Treasure list! When I was young my grandparents and others would always give me two dollars bills or strange notes they had found. Many of them are lost to time or just the stupidity of being young and “needing” cash. When I was digging through some of my smaller possessions in one of the booty boxes I had. I did not think I would find anything of real meaning or value. There was a ton of junk jewelry, some nickels and dimes that had man made damage to them. Funny that these items that I held onto as a child really are part of how I stack, but have become more refined. I know coin roll hunt for silver and real errors. I search junk jewelry bins looking for the precious metals pieces that have fallen through the cracks, but I digress. The reason for this post is this little beauty.
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Silver Certificate Front
Silver Certificate Reverse
This little guy was hiding under all the jewelry and the coins at the very bottom of the box lying flat. I rescued it and placed it in a note protector. As you guys can see it is a silver certificate. Here is a little history on the United States Silver Certificate for you from Wikipedia:
Silver certificates are a type of representative money issued between 1878 and 1964 in the United States as part of its circulation of paper currency.[1] They were produced in response to silver agitation by citizens who were angered by the Fourth Coinage Act, which had effectively placed the United States on a gold standard.[2] The certificates were initially redeemable for their face value of silver dollar coins and later (for one year – June 24, 1967 to June 24, 1968) in raw silver bullion.[1] Since 1968 they have been redeemable only in Federal Reserve Notes and are thus obsolete, but still valid legal tender and thus are still an accepted form of currency.[1]
Large-size silver certificates (1878 to 1923)[nb 1] were issued initially in denominations from $10 to $1,000 (in 1878 and 1880)[4][5] and in 1886 the $1, $2, and $5 were authorized.[5][6] In 1928, all United States bank notes were re-designed and the size reduced.[7] The small-size silver certificate (1928–1964) was only regularly issued in denominations of $1, $5, and $10
As you can see it is the small size note and in fairly good shape. Most silver certificates are worth face value unless there is something really remarkable about them. This note would be considered a standard silver certificate and the serial number is not a special type. It is interesting to note that on these serial numbers the letters at the beginning and end are the printing block numbers unlike today's Federal Reserve Notes in which the letter is where the note was printed. It is from the 1935F series and for being that old in really nice shape. Additionally, you can see when looking at the reverse of the note it is missing the phrase "In God We Trust". This had appeared on some of our currency in the past, however it did not grace all currency until 1954. It is so awesome to see at one time fiat actually held to something of true value. Imagine there being a time when the majority of Americans knew that paper was only paper and it had to have something of true value to back it; not just the governments promise (worth as much as it is lol). It’s so cool to sit here and look at the words that are across the top and bottom of this note. “This certifies that there is on deposit in the Treasury of the United States of America One Dollar in silver payable to the bearer on demand”. I think of all the looks I get when I ask a bank teller if they have any large dollar coins or boxes of half dollars. I was the norm at one point and it saddens me that we have gotten so far away from things that actually hold their worth.
In terms of the story that goes along with this beauty of a note; it involves BINGO. When I was around 9 or 10 years old I would go to bingo at the local church with my grandmother. This habit continued all the way into high school until life really got in the way, but man I loved to spend time with her. Not to mention we were both competitive so we tended to get heavily invested in the game. I remember winning one hundred dollars on evening and how amazing it felt to get that cash in hand. Inside of that stack of tens, twentys, fives, and ones was this gem. Obviously, I knew it was different, but it took my grandmother to explain what it was for me to get it. As a boy it was a treat to hear about how things used to be and what people could do with their money. Perhaps those words from my grandmother or this note helped to shape the very stacker I am today.
Do you guys have any silver certificiates or any other currency notes that harken back to when people knew real wealth? Let me know in your replies and please remember to upvote and resteem!! Thank you guys for supporting me and my post! I really appreciate it and hope that you will check back for episode 4 in my series!
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