Misc. numismatics. Electricity. THAT time.

[Mark Kohut]

A banknote from the 1896 silver certificate series of American
banknotes, also known as the Educational Series. The notes depict
various allegorical motifs and are considered by some numismatists to
be the most beautiful monetary designs ever produced by the United
States. They were redeemable for their face value of silver dollar
coins.

This $5 banknote features the motif Electricity as the Dominant Force
in the World, designed by Walter Shirlaw, on its obverse. On the
reverse are portraits of Ulysses S. Grant and Philip Sheridan.
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