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1899, $1 Silver Certificate FR226 CGA 68

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Paper Money - United States Start Price:1,500.00 USD Estimated At:3,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD
1899, $1 Silver Certificate FR226 CGA 68
Attractive and widely recognized "black eagle" $1 silver certificate, these were extensively produced over a span of 30 years using a dozen signature combinations and are easily collected in grades up to and including Choice. But Gems are another matter since the low floating supply found in the 1970s has long since been absorbed into collections. The current specimen, grading pristine Gem 68, sure has to rank among the finest known of any or all types. F-226, by the way, has the series date above the serial number on the right, and only 500,000 were produced of both types (scarcest signature pairing in the entire run).

The eagle over the heads of Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant was engraved by G. F. C. Smillie.