A silver certificate worth $1,000 when it was printed in 1891 has sold in a private transaction by an auction house in Southern California for $2.6 million.

The $1000 Series of the 1891 Silver Certificate graded Very Fine 25 by PMG, sold by Stack's Bowers Galleries for a record-setting $2.6 million.

One (1) 5 dollar note United States, 1891 Obverse Image: Portrait of Ulysses S. Grant. Obverse Text: THIS CERTIFIES THAT THERE HAVE BEEN DEPOSITED IN THE TREASURY OF THE UNITED STATES / FIVE SILVER ...

Maybe a a childhood collection or a keepsake passed down from generations? It may be worth looking to see if any of the coins are valuable or rare, because you could be sitting on a gold mine. ...

Two-dollar Silver Certificates; Defects. ... March 29, 1891. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from March 29, 1891, Page 3 Buy Reprints.

In the 1891 piece by R.P. Rothwell, the author went into detail comparing the two rare minerals to each other and to commodities, like food and materials. Recently, gold has been selling for around $2 ...