Department of the Treasury $5 Silver Certificate, Series 1899

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Description: Department of the Treasury - Bureau of Engraving and Printing Washington D.C. - This engraving, measures 8.5" x 10.5" and was printed from a plate prepared from the original master die, it is a replica of the obverse of the $5 Silver Certificate, Series 1899. - The Indian in the design is a likeness of Ta-to'-ka-in'-yna-ka who is also known as Running Antelope. Several publications have identified the portrait as "Onepapa". The Bureau of American Ethnology, Smithsonian Institution, attributes this to a typographical error for "Oncpapa," the tribe of Sioux to which Running Antelope belonged. this is the Only issue of United States paper money for which an Indian was selected as the central figure. - A photograph, taken in 1872 by Alexander Gardner, which is on file at the Smithsonian Institution, was used as a model for the portrait. the only difference between the photograph and the engraved portrait is the war bonnet which was added by the Bureau's modler. G.F.C. Smillie engraved the portrait in 1899. - This is an Original from the AMERICAN NUMISMATIC ASSOCIATION 86th Anniversary Convention - August 23-28, 1977 Atlanta, Georgia

Status: Sold	Reference#: S1018
Condition: Excellent	Year: 1977
Country: USA
Height: 8.5 in. (21.59 cm)
Width: 10.5 in. (26.67 cm)
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