5 Dollar Silver Certificate Face Approval Proof Engraver: G. F. C. Smillie (America, 1854–1924)
Manufacturer: Bureau of Engraving and Printing (American, founded 1894)

1896

Numismatics

By appointment, Pratt Study Room
Medium

Ink on paper

Dimensions

5 3/16 × 9 3/16 in. (13.2 × 23.4 cm)

Credit Line

The Susan G. and John W. Jackson, B.A. 1967, Numismatics Acquisition Endowment Fund

Accession Number

2019.25.17

Geography

Made in United States

Culture

American

Period

19th century

Classification

Numismatics

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Numismatics

Numismatics Reference Number

Friedberg 268 (W-799); Hessler 5037

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: Signatures of Tillman-Morgan. No plate letter. Central vignette, Electricity Presenting Light to the World. The final design proof as submitted for approval use. Fully annotated at the B.E.P. The bottom margin bears the handwritten date, April 10, 1896, and the initials, T.F.M., for Thomas F. Morris, in brown ink. In light blue ink is stamped "APPROVED," and "CHIEF OF BUREAU." A second handwritten notation, possibly the initials of a second party, appears at the lower left (probably by G. F. C. Smillie).
Provenance
Robert F. Schermerhorn; Mrs. Louise Entriken, to December 16, 1971; Harry W. Bass, Jr., from 1971; Stack's Bowers, New York, August 17, 2011, lot 5030; Joel Anderson, 2011-8; Stack's Bowers, New York, October 25, 2018, lot 4047; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography
  • Benjamin D. R. Hellings, "A Beautiful Failure: The 'Educational Series' Notes," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2019), 66–67, fig. 7
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

Proof banknote, money, paper money

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