$1 Silver Certificate, Series 1886, depicting Martha Washington. Source: National Museum of via Wikimedia Commons. Silver mining is thought to have begun more than 5,000 years ago in what's now Turkey ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Obverse Image: Portrait of Martha ...

In this age of debate about the value, or non-value, of the dollar, we've encountered a little something from the past that you probably don't see every day unless you're a currency collector -- a ...

We've all heard the old saying that a dollar doesn't buy what it used to, and that's never been more true than today. Grocery shopping has become a shocking experience from week to week as prices ...

PORT TOWNSEND — At a glance, a 1957 one dollar silver certificate looks just like a dollar bill. Perhaps that’s why a burglar took 100 of the silver certificates from a home in the 1700 block of ...

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Natasha Bedingfield might have had a pocket full of sunshine, but there’s a chance you’ve got a pocket full of rare $1 bills worth a lot of money. From notable mistakes to the uncirculated, ...

Obverse Image: Bust of George Washington in center. Obverse Text: 1 / ONE / SILVER CERTIFICATE / THIS CERTIFIES THAT THERE IS ON DEPOSIT IN THE TREASURY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ONE DOLLAR IN ...