Which year did the USA print its last silver certificate dollar?
This type of paper currency was introduced to the U.S citizens in 1878. According to the law, the "unusual" dollar could be exchanged to silver bars or coins of the same material. Actually, they looked like the ordinary U.S currency notes (dollars) but instead of the phrase "Federal Reserve note" they had "Silver Certificate" on them. The last bank notes of this kind were printed in 1964 but they stopped being an official currency only in 1968. Though, even nowadays people may use them as the legal tender.
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skrueger
1964 was also the last year that the US put silver into its dime and quarter coins.
Larry Hughes
Couldn’t have been 1953, the bill in the pictures was series 1957
Howard Groopman
I haven't collected US coins for decades, but I remembered this.
Carroll Price
One of several other reasons why JFK was assassinated by the Deep State - he planned to keep the US on a hard currency money system backed by silver instead of Federal Reserve Notes backed by nothing (fiat money)
NancyLJM
They were printed until 1964, but all were dated 1957.
Lawanta
I exchanged some silver certificate currency about 5 years ago, and because they had the RED seal on them, I received a decent $$ amount in return.
Murphy jean
Great quesrion
altservehire
Jim Welch,
Mine is not talking to me,
but yes, it reads: Silver Certificate
1957.
DeMoine Dennison
Duh
Jim Welch
Says 1957 on the silver certificate bill presented