$1 1923 SILVER CERTIFICATE PCGS VG 8 HUNTINGTON BEACH
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An unrivaled early large size silver certificate in fabulous problem free certified collector grade. $1 silver certificates are scarcer than equivilent silver dollars and underated compared to them in price. Recent estimates are t are less than 200,000 large sized notes left in existence, and only about half that have been recorded on various census lists. Soon, large size federal notes under $1000 will be non-existent in our opinion. This example was recently found in a Huntington Beach California hoard enumerating over 1000 previously unreported large size notes! Silver Certificates were printed for a time in the United States as a form of paper currency . They were produced in response to silver agitation by citizens who were angered by the Fourth Coinage Act , which placed the United States on the gold standard . The certificate was matched to the same amount of value in silver coinage . For example, one fifty dollar Silver Certificate equals fifty silver dollars . T are a few features that distinguish a Silver Certificate. The seal and serial numbers on many of the first Silver Certificates issued were red, brown, and blue. It was not until Series 1899 for the $1, $2, and $5 denominations that the seal and number colors were officially and permanently changed to blue. (This occurred at different points for denominations above
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