1899 $1 Black Eagle Silver Certificate

A large-size United States Series of 1899 one dollar silver certificate, commonly referred to by collectors as a Black Eagle note. The obverse features a central engraving of a bald eagle with wings spread, perched atop a draped US flag. Below the eagle are two small portrait ovals depicting Abraham Lincoln, captioned LINCOLN, and Ulysses S. Grant, captioned GRANT. The note is printed with blue serial numbers K7384357A at the upper right and lower left. A blue scalloped Treasury seal is positioned on the right side. The signatures of J.W. Lyons, Register of the Treasury, and Ellis H. Roberts, Treasurer of the United States, are printed at the bottom. The text reads ONE SILVER DOLLAR and SILVER CERTIFICATE across the center. The reverse is printed in green ink with a decorative geometric border and central lathework framing the words UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and SILVER CERTIFICATE.