Comment by James on April 4, 2011 at 1:41am

They really are quite breathtaking from an artistic point-of-view.

Comment by Apple on April 4, 2011 at 9:14am

Wow, I have never seen this before.  I'll have to show some people

Comment by Walter Maki on April 4, 2011 at 10:27am

Those are what is called "Silver Certificates". Meaning their face value can be exchanged for that much in silver.

 

Funny how money went from being backed by silver to trusting in god. No wonder it ain't worth a shit now :P

Comment by Walter Maki on April 4, 2011 at 10:28am

And yes those old bills are works of art :)

Comment by Joli on April 4, 2011 at 1:36pm

Beautiful!! I love art <3

Comment by Arcus on April 4, 2011 at 2:18pm

I also like "Free Banking" Era notes

Comment by Dustin on April 4, 2011 at 7:33pm

It's beautiful yes , not that I personally have any issue with it , but isn't the angel wings and the trumpet blowing sort of obviously symbolic of errr  ...  Christianity?   

 

Like I said though , I like it.  It's pretty.  But someone else might have an issue with it.  

Comment by Samuel H. Kenyon on April 4, 2011 at 10:24pm

Just because she has bird wings doesn't means she's an angel.

Comment by Samuel H. Kenyon on April 4, 2011 at 10:24pm

She might be an X-Men mutant.  All American!

Comment by Greg Gorey on April 10, 2011 at 1:59am

Sam, Icarus had wings and he wasn't an angel......

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