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Value | $1, $2, $5 |
Years of printing | 1896 |
Estimated value | US$70 – $38,400 |
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Design | Closeup of the motif on the $2 note, Science presents Steam and Electricity to Commerce and Manufacture. |
"Educational Series" is the informal name used by numismatists to refer to a series of United States silver certificates produced by the U.S. Treasury in 1896, after its Bureau of Engraving and Printing chief Claude M. Johnson ordered a new currency design. The notes depict various allegorical motifs and are considered by some[1][2][3] numismatists to be the most beautiful monetary designs ever produced by the United States.[4]