Electricity as the Dominant Force in the World

Electricity as the Dominant Force in the World is an 1896 United States five-dollar silver certificate.

[1] The obverse of the note features an allegorical image of people showing the power of electricity.

[5] The obverse also features the Roman god Jupiter, riding in a chariot while wielding a lightning bolt in his hand.

[2] The reverse also features a winged female figure in the center with a large Roman numberal "V" on her chest.

[3] American painter Walter Shirlaw accepted a commission from the United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing to execute the image Electricity Presenting Light to the World.

The controversies caused the Bureau of Engraving and Printing to replace the note just three years after issue, in 1899.