Silver certificates from the past can be valued more. For instance, based on the area, the 1923 silver certificate, which features George Washington in front and a bigger space, might be valued at $20 to $50 each. The 1899 silver certificate, which has an owl in front and could be valu...
Hawaii Stamped Brown Seal Bills During World War II The United States issued special money to be used in Hawaii in case Japan took over the islands. The idea was that this special money could be devalued if the Japanese gained access to it. Today most of the surviving examples were kept ...
Some states allow the issuance of stock with no par value.11An investor can identifyno-parstocks on stock certificates as they will have "no par value" printed on them.12The par value of a company's stock can be found in the Shareholders' Equity section of thebalance sheet.13 Reasons Co...
We have handled every type of ten dollar bill including rare 1878 silver certificates, 1882 brown backs, and even demand notes. Ten dollar bills are some of our favorites for a couple of reasons. For one, the whole denomination set is collectible. The same cannot be said for denominations o...
So what do people mean when they say that fiat money is “intrinsically worthless?” They mean it has no value if it loses the role of being the MOA, whereas gold and silver had significant value in other areas of life. (I.e. Confederate paper money after the Civil War.) So this be...
"'The gold figures are striking, but it is equally re[Pg 21]markable that the increase in gold has not been at the expense of silver; the country, in other words, continues to take practically the same amount of silver, but it prefers that the addition to the imports of treasure which...
Other Facts:1923 and 1928 one dollar bills are the only large size notes that were issued as both silver certificates and legal tender notes. It is always striking to see the blue seal silver certificate beside the red seal legal tender note. There are lots of low serial number 1923 $1 ...
I personally really like series of 1923 $1 legal tender notes. The red overprint is a striking contrast to the blue seal and serial number found on silver certificates from the same year with the same design. The note pictured above would be worth about $600 in that condition. Heavily circ...