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 $5 silver certificate, part of the series of 1886, depicts
Ulysses S. Grant, an American soldier and politician who served as the 18th
president of the United States from 1869 to 1877. 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.
Banknote design credit:
Bureau of Engraving and Printing; photographed by
Andrew Shiva
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