1896 Year US Large Silver Certificates

Add Polished, Mint, and Vintage Silver Currency Bills to Your Collection

The silver certificate was a United States printed standard in the early 1800s. This item is now a vintage currency bill with a collector?s value. Silver was converted into the gold standard at the end of the 1800s, yet this bill still fetches market values by collectors worldwide.

This print is an inactive bill-note and can be sold at a collector?s bid. The bill was issued by the U.S. Treasury as a guarantee on silver deposits. It granted the owner physical silver in exchange. These standards are no longer holding the financial system and no longer involve retailers. Gold and silver in coin and bars hold a different place in finance and world economies. The silver certificates were used when precious metals enabled the common exchanges of the 1800s.

The silver certificate is traded by the collector. It gives you an additional way to take advantage of the historic value of silver. The bill represents the beginning of a financial change in American society. They are often compared to the one dollar bill of the U.S. Mint. You can now trade them as a collector. Collectors? prices reach as high as 500 to 1,000 times the bill?s face value. Here are some features to help you recognize the work when you're browsing on eBay:

• Martha and George: Two portraits are found on the print, and they are of the only presidential marriage represented on U.S. bill notes.
• Monuments: The reverse side depicts a young mother educating her son. They?re set in midst of a garden with a clear view of the Washington monument.
• Tablets: At the end of the women?s gesture are two tablets standing as American principles through which the child is being educated.

Collectors continue to find value in the silver bill. Its value is measured by how well it?s preserved and by its denomination. Collectors protect their bills with a plastic sleeve and by limiting how often it?s possessed by human hands.