Browse Items (37 total)
- Collection: Money Matters, Thursday 4/8
Sort by:
1862 Confederate States of America $100 note
Printed on white paper in black ink. Images include female figure carrying a basket on her head; a steamship; telegraph lines; people standing by railroad cars. Verso: blank except for three interest paid stamps dating 1863, 1864, and…
$1 Silver Certificate: “History Instructing Youth”
Obverse Image: Allegorical figures in foreground, a woman called "History" a young boy "Youth' In the background is Washington DC. The woman points to a copy of the constitution. The names of artists, scientists, and poets surround the edge of the…
$2 Silver Certificate: “Science presents Steam and Electricity to Commerce and Manufacture”
Obverse Image: Allegorical figure of "Science" presenting "Steam" and "Electricity" to "Commerce" and "Manufacture". Obverser Text: THIS CERTIFIES THAT THERE HAVE BEEN DEPOSITED IN THE TREASURY OF THE UNITED STATES TWO SILVER DOLLARS PAYABLE TO THE…
$5 Silver Certificate: “Electricity as the Dominant Force in the World”
Obverse Image: Electricity surrounded by other allegorical figures, representing the dominant force in the world. The United States Capitol building can be seen behind the female figures. Obverse Text: THIS CERTIFIES THAT THERE HAVE BEEN DEPOSITED IN…