$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 ...

The key difference is the text below Washington’s portrait, which states the tender is valued at one dollar in silver payable to the bearer on demand. These certificates fetch slightly more than ...

We've all heard the old saying that a dollar doesn't buy what it used to, and that's never ... known as silver certificates and were issued in denominations from $1 to $10,000. A one-dollar ...

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 ...

Silver certificates were once legal tender in the U.S., and while they're now obsolete, they do hold value depending on the condition and year issued. Silver mining is thought to have begun more ...