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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
. This $50 silver certificate, part of the series of 1878, depicts
Edward Everett
, an American politician, pastor, educator, diplomat, and orator from
Massachusetts
who served as
Secretary of State
from 1852 to 1853. The series is known for the ornate engraving on the reverse of the notes. This banknote is part of the
National Numismatic Collection
at the
Smithsonian Institution
.
Other denominations:
$1
$2
$5
$10
$10
$20
$20
$100
$500
$1000
Credit:
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
; photographed by
Andrew Shiva
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