Black Eagle Silver Certificate

The 1899 series replaced the 1896 Educational Series notes. The Black Eagle replaced the one-dollar note in the 1896 series which was called "History Instructing Youth". The 1899 $1 Black Eagle was issued from 1899 until the 1920s. One reason for the redesign was to make counterfeiting more difficult. by . Because of the large size, people referred to the currency as "horseblankets". The head engraver at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) during the Black Eagle's design was G.F.C. Smillie. ==Description==

engraving signed by the engraver G.F.C. Smillie (1897) The front of the note features a bald eagle standing on the Stars and Stripes. and so the note was also referred to as "Eagle of the Capitol". The notes featured portraits of both Ulysses S. Grant and Abraham Lincoln, former United States presidents, at the bottom of the obverse. Smillie engraved the portraits of Lincoln and Grant which are found on the obverse of the 1899 series Black Eagle Silver Certificate. Smillie also created the engraving of the Bald eagle which appears in the center of the note. A large number "1" appears on the obverse to the left of the eagle. The left serial numbers appear below the number one (1). After 1906 the Black Eagle note featured a large number one that was farther to the left on the obverse; it was thought that this improved the appearance of the note. The reverse of the note has been described as "plain" although there are ornamental designs. Also found on the reverse are the words, "This Certificate Is Receivable For Customs, Taxes and All Public Dues, And When So Received May Be Reissued". ==History==

painting - One Dollar Silver Certificate 1900 The one-dollar silver certificate was issued by the United States in 1899. When the BEP identified mistakes in the printing of the 1899 Black Eagle, they printed replacement notes that had a star preceding the serial number on the obverse. There are 13 varieties of the 1899 Black Eagle; the value of the note to modern-day currency collectors is dependent on both their condition and whose signature appears on the note. Between 1899 and 1923 a total of 3,604,239,600 Black Eagles were printed and most were heavily circulated. One Black Eagle note was in the pocket of August (Augustus) H. Weikman when the Titanic sank in 1912. After the man was rescued from the Atlantic Ocean, he inscribed the note on the reverse, "This note was in my pocket when picked up out of the sea by 'S.S. Carpathia' from the wreck of 'S.S. Titanic' April 15th 1912/A.H. Weikman/Palmyra, N.J." ==References==