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| current | 22:53, 4 January 2017 | | 6,032 × 5,289 (35.41 MB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | <p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_two-dollar_bill" class="extiw" title="en:United States two-dollar bill">$2</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_Certificate" class="extiw" title="en:Silver Certificate">Silver Certificate</a>, Series of 1896 (Fr. Ref#247). The obverse depicts the allegory “Science presenting steam and electricity to Commerce and Manufacture;” engraved by G.F.C. Smillie. The reverse depicts <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Fulton" class="extiw" title="w:Robert Fulton">Robert Fulton</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Morse" class="extiw" title="w:Samuel Morse">Samuel Morse</a>; engraved by Lorenzo J. Hatch. Engraved signatures of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Fount_Tillman" class="extiw" title="en:James Fount Tillman">Tillman</a> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Register_of_the_Treasury" class="extiw" title="en:Register of the Treasury">Register of the Treasury</a>) and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_N._Morgan" class="extiw" title="en:Daniel N. Morgan">Morgan</a> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treasurer_of_the_United_States" class="extiw" title="en:Treasurer of the United States">Treasurer of the United States</a>).<br>The Series of 1896 United States Silver Certificates (issued in $1, $2, and $5 denominations) marked a significant departure from any previous design of U.S. paper currency. All three denominations depict neoclassical allegorical vignettes. The 1896 Silver certificates are often referred to as the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Educational_Series" class="extiw" title="en:Educational Series">Educational Series</a> because of the name given to the $1 denomination (History Instructing Youth). </p> |
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