United States 1899 one-dollar Silver Certificate "Black Eagle" note
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
Series of 1899
This United States one-dollar Silver Certificate is a Series of 1899 note, widely known by collectors as the Black Eagle note. The face of the currency features a central vignette of an American eagle with its wings spread, positioned above portrait cameos of U.S.
Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant. The ornamental design includes elaborate scrollwork and denominations marked in the corners. The reverse side of the banknote is finished in a distinct green ornamental pattern. This circulated example bears the serial number R25677883A. It includes the official signatures of H. Speelman and Frank White, representing the Treasury officials of the period. The note measures approximately 7.5 inches in width by 3.25 inches in depth.
As a legal tender certificate of the time, the text states the note is payable to the bearer on demand. This specimen exhibits signs of age and standard circulation wear, consistent with historical usage for this series.
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Physical characteristics
- Dimensions
- 7.5"W x 3.25"D
Technical characteristics
- Type
- Silver Certificate
- Series
- 1899
- Denomination
- $1
- Serial number
- R25677883A
Design
- Obverse
- Eagle above portraits of Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant
- Reverse
- Green ornamental design
- Signatures
- H. Speelman and Frank White
Identification
- Source note
- Described from a single auction-house listing published on Invaluable (reproduced with Invaluable's permission). Details apply to that one example; other examples of the type may differ, and the listing is supplementary evidence, not authentication.
- Maker named in listing
- United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing
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