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Message:: [QUOTE="Clinker, post: 1300504, member: 6229"]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):　<a href="http://www.ronscurrency.com/notes/large/gc/100_82f.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ronscurrency.com/notes/large/gc/100_82f.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://www.ronscurrency.com/notes/large/gc/100_82f.jpg</a>　1882 $500 - Lincoln (wikipedia.com photo):　<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Five_hundred_dollar_lincoln_bill.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Five_hundred_dollar_lincoln_bill.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Five_hundred_dollar_lincoln_bill.jpg</a>　1900 $10000 - Andrew Jackson:　<a href="http://www.perakiscurrency.com/notes/photo.php?photo[0]=10.5.11.49.jpg&photo[1]=10.5.11.50.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.perakiscurrency.com/notes/photo.php?photo[0]=10.5.11.49.jpg&photo[1]=10.5.11.50.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://www.perakiscurrency.com/notes/photo.php?photo[0]=10.5.11.49.jpg&photo[1]=10.5.11.50.jpg</a>　　1905 $20 - Washington:　<a href="http://www.perakiscurrency.com/notes/photo.php?photo[0]=Document_(1067).jpg&photo[1]=Document_(1068).jpg&size=lg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.perakiscurrency.com/notes/photo.php?photo[0]=Document_(1067).jpg&photo[1]=Document_(1068).jpg&size=lg" rel="nofollow">http://www.perakiscurrency.com/notes/photo.php?photo[0]=Document_(1067).jpg&photo[1]=Document_(1068).jpg&size=lg</a>　1906 $20 - Washington (frbsf.com photo):　<a href="http://www.frbsf.org/currency/metal/goldcerts/1160.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.frbsf.org/currency/metal/goldcerts/1160.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.frbsf.org/currency/metal/goldcerts/1160.html</a>　1907 $10:　<a href="http://www.perakiscurrency.com/notes/photo.php?photo[0]=8.26.10.33.jpg&photo[1]=8.26.10.34.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.perakiscurrency.com/notes/photo.php?photo[0]=8.26.10.33.jpg&photo[1]=8.26.10.34.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://www.perakiscurrency.com/notes/photo.php?photo[0]=8.26.10.33.jpg&photo[1]=8.26.10.34.jpg</a>　1913 $50 - Grant:　<a href="http://www.perakiscurrency.com/notes/photo.php?photo[0]=5.10.11.13.jpg&photo[1]=5.10.11.14.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.perakiscurrency.com/notes/photo.php?photo[0]=5.10.11.13.jpg&photo[1]=5.10.11.14.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://www.perakiscurrency.com/notes/photo.php?photo[0]=5.10.11.13.jpg&photo[1]=5.10.11.14.jpg</a>　1916 $10000 - Jackson:　<a href="http://www.perakiscurrency.com/notes/photo.php?photo[0]=6.24.11.11.jpg&photo[1]=6.24.11.12.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.perakiscurrency.com/notes/photo.php?photo[0]=6.24.11.11.jpg&photo[1]=6.24.11.12.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://www.perakiscurrency.com/notes/photo.php?photo[0]=6.24.11.11.jpg&photo[1]=6.24.11.12.jpg</a>　1922 $10 (ronscurrency.com photo):　<a href="http://www.ronscurrency.com/notes/large/gc/10_22f.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ronscurrency.com/notes/large/gc/10_22f.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://www.ronscurrency.com/notes/large/gc/10_22f.jpg</a>　1922 $20 - Washington (ronscurrency.com photo):　<a href="http://www.ronscurrency.com/notes/large/gc/20_22f.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ronscurrency.com/notes/large/gc/20_22f.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://www.ronscurrency.com/notes/large/gc/20_22f.jpg</a>　1922 $100 - Benton:　<a href="http://www.perakiscurrency.com/notes/photo.php?photo[0]=11.24.10.13.jpg&photo[1]=11.24.10.14.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.perakiscurrency.com/notes/photo.php?photo[0]=11.24.10.13.jpg&photo[1]=11.24.10.14.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://www.perakiscurrency.com/notes/photo.php?photo[0]=11.24.10.13.jpg&photo[1]=11.24.10.14.jpg</a>　1928 $10 - Hamilton (friesian.com photo):　<a href="http://www.friesian.com/images/notes/10-28-go.gif" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.friesian.com/images/notes/10-28-go.gif" rel="nofollow">http://www.friesian.com/images/notes/10-28-go.gif</a>　1928 $20 - Andrew Jackson (friesian.com photo):　<a href="http://www.friesian.com/images/notes/20-28-go.gif" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.friesian.com/images/notes/20-28-go.gif" rel="nofollow">http://www.friesian.com/images/notes/20-28-go.gif</a>　1928 $500 - McKinley (wikipedia.com photo):　<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:500gold.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:500gold.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:500gold.jpg</a>　1934 $100 - Ben Franklin (wikipedia.com photo):　<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Series1934_100gold_obverse.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Series1934_100gold_obverse.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Series1934_100gold_obverse.jpg</a>　1934 $100000 - Wilson (wikipedia.com photo):　<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:US100000dollarsbillobverse.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:US100000dollarsbillobverse.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:US100000dollarsbillobverse.jpg</a>　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:　　<a href="http://www.frbsf.org/currency/metal/national/738.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.frbsf.org/currency/metal/national/738.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.frbsf.org/currency/metal/national/738.html</a>　　National Gold Bank of Sacramento, California,$5, 1872:　　<a href="http://www.frbsf.org/currency/metal/national/739.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.frbsf.org/currency/metal/national/739.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.frbsf.org/currency/metal/national/739.html</a>　　First National Gold Bank of San Francisco, California$10, 1870:　　<a href="http://www.frbsf.org/currency/metal/national/742.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.frbsf.org/currency/metal/national/742.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.frbsf.org/currency/metal/national/742.html</a>　　National Gold Bank of San Francisco, California,$20, 1870:　　<a href="http://www.frbsf.org/currency/metal/national/743.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.frbsf.org/currency/metal/national/743.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.frbsf.org/currency/metal/national/743.html</a>　　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:　　<a href="http://www.frbsf.org/currency/expansion/notes/s30.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.frbsf.org/currency/expansion/notes/s30.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.frbsf.org/currency/expansion/notes/s30.html</a>　Hope you enjoyed seeing the currency of America's Golden Years...　Clinker[/QUOTE]

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