The Coinage Act of 1873 intentionally omitted language authorizing the coinage of “standard” silver dollars and ended the bimetallic standard that had been created by Alexander Hamilton. 2.3 Small-size United States silver certificates (1928–1957).2.2 Large-size United States silver certificates (1878–1923).The complete type set below is part of the National Numismatic Collection at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. The small-size silver certificate (1928–1964) was only regularly issued in denominations of $1, $5, and $10. In 1928, all United States bank notes were re-designed and the size reduced. Large-size silver certificates (1878 to 1923) were issued initially in denominations from $10 to $1,000 (in 18) and in 1886 the $1, $2, and $5 were authorized. Since 1968 they have been redeemable only in Federal Reserve Notes and are thus obsolete, but still valid legal tender at their face value and thus are still an accepted form of currency. The certificates were initially redeemable for their face value of silver dollar coins and later (for one year – Jto June 24, 1968) in raw silver bullion. 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. Silver certificates are a type of representative money issued between 18 in the United States as part of its circulation of paper currency.
SILVER DOLLAR LOOKUP SERIES
George Mallis) varieties have found many more die variations and often catalog the values of these separately.$5 Series 1899 silver certificate depicting Running Antelope of the Húŋkpapȟa. Those who closely follow the major VAM (Leroy C. Remember, the multiple die varieties listed above represents only the most common of those that are attributed to 1880 Morgan Silver Dollars.