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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;scottishmoney, post: 1141525, member: 12789&quot;]<b>Series 1896 $5 Silver Certificate - Electricity Presenting Light to the World</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Most banknote collectors would find favour with his most controversial engraving, that of &quot;Electricity Presenting Light to the World&quot; that was used on the Series 1896 $5 Silver Certificate:</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://www.scottishmoney.net/banknotes/usa/18965scdtl.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://www.scottishmoney.net/banknotes/usa/18965sc.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left">But there are apocryphal stories about the fine ladies of Boston - pre CoinTalk.com era, that took severe exception to this rather suggestive design - perhaps jealously of the form was at work?&nbsp; The design was replaced in 1899 with the &quot;Running Antelope&quot; $5 which I will image later.</p> <p style="text-align: left"><br /></p> </p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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