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Predicated on an anticipated shortage of silver bullion, [42] [43] Public Law 88-36 (PL88-36) was enacted on June 4, 1963, which repealed the Silver Purchase Act of 1934, and the Acts of July 6, 1939, and July 31, 1946, [44] while providing specific instruction regarding the disposition of silver held as reserves against issued certificates and ...
Cuban silver certificates were issued between 1934 and 1949 (and circulated from 1935 to the early 1950s). Prior and subsequent issues of Cuban banknotes were engraved and printed by private bank note companies in the United States, but the series from 1934 to 1949 were designed, engraved, and printed by the US at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP).
On August 9, 1934, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt implemented the seizure of all silver situated in the continental United States with Executive Order 6814 - Requiring the Delivery of All Silver to the United States for Coinage.
The North Africa Series of United States Silver Certificates was issued in $1, $5, and $10 denominations, with series dates of 1934, 1934A, and 1935A. Similar to their Hawaii overprint counterparts, the North Africa series was issued during World War II, but for use in Europe and Northern Africa.
Additional denominations of $1, $2, and $50 were issued in 1918 as an emergency replacement for Silver Certificates, which were temporarily removed from circulation under the Pittman Act. [3] Small size Federal Reserve Bank Notes were printed as an emergency issue in 1933 using the same paper stock as 1929 National Bank Notes.
On June 25, 1942, new overprinted notes were first issued. Series 1935A $1 silver certificate, Series 1934 $5 and $20 Federal Reserve Notes, and Series 1934A $5, $10, and $20 Federal Reserve Notes from the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco were issued with brown treasury seals and serial numbers.
The law authorized the Federal Reserve to issue $1 and $2 bills, and revoked the Silver Purchase Act of 1934, which authorised the Secretary of the Treasury to issue silver certificates (by now limited to the $1 denomination). As it would be several months before the new $1 Federal Reserve Notes could enter circulation in quantity, there was a ...
High quality, very high EV. This is a complete typeset of United States Silver Certificates and served as the impetus to significantly rework and fully reference the article. First issued in 1878, silver certificates were in use until 1968 but are still redeemable as legal tender. The nominated set contains an example of every type (design) issued.