Black Eagle Silver Certificate

The Black Eagle is a type of one-dollar silver certificate produced in 1899 in the United States.

The Black Eagle replaced the one-dollar note in the 1896 series which was called "History Instructing Youth".

[6] The front of the note features a bald eagle standing on the Stars and Stripes.

[1] The notes featured portraits of both Ulysses S. Grant and Abraham Lincoln, former United States presidents, at the bottom of the obverse.

[8] Smillie engraved the portraits of Lincoln and Grant which are found on the obverse of the 1899 series Black Eagle Silver Certificate.

[9] Smillie also created the engraving of the Bald eagle which appears in the center of the note.

[1] Some currency and coin collectors such as Zollie Kelman liked to collect Black Eagle dollar bills.

[16] One Black Eagle note was in the pocket of August (Augustus) H. Weikman when the Titanic sank in 1912.