silver certificate
noun
: a certificate formerly issued against the deposit of silver coin as legal tender in the U.S. and its possessions
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Based on the 1935 date on the silver certificates and the Rock Island Arsenal stamp, the family suspects the canteen was repurposed for WWII use after originally being manufactured for WWI.
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Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Apr. 2025
Someone entered an apartment in the first block of North Austin Boulevard by cutting the screen of the bathroom window and then stole six silver certificates valued at $6 between 2:30 p.m. Sept. 8 and 12:45 a.m. Sept. 12.
—chicagotribune.com, 24 Sep. 2019
Tubman was slated to be the first woman to appear on paper currency since the late 19th century, when Martha Washington’s portrait briefly adorned the $1 silver certificate.
—Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 26 June 2019
Martha Washington was on the $1 silver certificates in 1886, 1891, and 1896.
—Marlena Scott, Teen Vogue, 13 Apr. 2018
In the late 1800s, Martha Washington was pictured on the $1 silver certificate.
—Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 1 Sep. 2017
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Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Apr. 2025
Someone entered an apartment in the first block of North Austin Boulevard by cutting the screen of the bathroom window and then stole six silver certificates valued at $6 between 2:30 p.m. Sept. 8 and 12:45 a.m. Sept. 12.
—chicagotribune.com, 24 Sep. 2019
Tubman was slated to be the first woman to appear on paper currency since the late 19th century, when Martha Washington’s portrait briefly adorned the $1 silver certificate.
—Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 26 June 2019
Martha Washington was on the $1 silver certificates in 1886, 1891, and 1896.
—Marlena Scott, Teen Vogue, 13 Apr. 2018
In the late 1800s, Martha Washington was pictured on the $1 silver certificate.
—Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 1 Sep. 2017
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“Silver certificate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/silver%20certificate. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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