If America was still on the gold and silver standard depressive economical times wouldn't be as bad as it is AND there would be no threat of inflation. During a day of pondering America's woes that thought came to light. Another thought revealed itself, "I'd rather have my pockets (lady's purse) jingle with a Dime, Quarter and Half Dollar bearing the date 1964 or earlier then having them filled with the same coins dated 2011." Then my thoughts turned to Silver and Gold Certificates. Most of us can't afford to own even one Gold Certificate, let alone more than one. I got to pondering about this and realized, "Heck, even I fit that factual thought." It was then my mind remembered that, through America's currency, there were three periods when Gold Certificates carried a different message on tthem. I decided to see what the different Faces of America's Gold Certificates look like. Do you know? Want to know? The following photos of Gold Certificates are courtesy of Alex Perakis (perakiscurrency.com) unless noted otherwise: 1882 $100 - Benton (ronscurrency.com photo): http://www.ronscurrency.com/notes/large/gc/100_82f.jpg 1882 $500 - Lincoln (wikipedia.com photo): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Five_hundred_dollar_lincoln_bill.jpg 1900 $10000 - Andrew Jackson: http://www.perakiscurrency.com/notes/photo.php?photo[0]=10.5.11.49.jpg&photo[1]=10.5.11.50.jpg 1905 $20 - Washington: http://www.perakiscurrency.com/notes/photo.php?photo[0]=Document_(1067).jpg&photo[1]=Document_(1068).jpg&size=lg 1906 $20 - Washington (frbsf.com photo): http://www.frbsf.org/currency/metal/goldcerts/1160.html 1907 $10: http://www.perakiscurrency.com/notes/photo.php?photo[0]=8.26.10.33.jpg&photo[1]=8.26.10.34.jpg 1913 $50 - Grant: http://www.perakiscurrency.com/notes/photo.php?photo[0]=5.10.11.13.jpg&photo[1]=5.10.11.14.jpg 1916 $10000 - Jackson: http://www.perakiscurrency.com/notes/photo.php?photo[0]=6.24.11.11.jpg&photo[1]=6.24.11.12.jpg 1922 $10 (ronscurrency.com photo): http://www.ronscurrency.com/notes/large/gc/10_22f.jpg 1922 $20 - Washington (ronscurrency.com photo): http://www.ronscurrency.com/notes/large/gc/20_22f.jpg 1922 $100 - Benton: http://www.perakiscurrency.com/notes/photo.php?photo[0]=11.24.10.13.jpg&photo[1]=11.24.10.14.jpg 1928 $10 - Hamilton (friesian.com photo): http://www.friesian.com/images/notes/10-28-go.gif 1928 $20 - Andrew Jackson (friesian.com photo): http://www.friesian.com/images/notes/20-28-go.gif 1928 $500 - McKinley (wikipedia.com photo): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:500gold.jpg 1934 $100 - Ben Franklin (wikipedia.com photo): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Series1934_100gold_obverse.jpg 1934 $100000 - Wilson (wikipedia.com photo): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:US100000dollarsbillobverse.jpg Besides the above American Gold Certificates there were other gold paper currency issues referred to as National Gold Bank Notes. This bonus section's photos are courtesy of frbsf.com: Farmers National Gold Bank of San Jose, California, $5, 1874: http://www.frbsf.org/currency/metal/national/738.html National Gold Bank of Sacramento, California, $5, 1872: http://www.frbsf.org/currency/metal/national/739.html First National Gold Bank of San Francisco, California $10, 1870: http://www.frbsf.org/currency/metal/national/742.html National Gold Bank of San Francisco, California, $20, 1870: http://www.frbsf.org/currency/metal/national/743.html This is a SPECIAL BONUS for you who read this article from beginning to this point. It's a photo of a Gold Dust Note (frbsf.com photo): Gold Dust Note, Miners Bank of Savings, Alta, California, 25 cents, 1850-1859: http://www.frbsf.org/currency/expansion/notes/s30.html Hope you enjoyed seeing the currency of America's Golden Years... Clinker
