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The FR-225 is The Tougher One Of The Two $1 Educational To Come By. The Front of the Note was designed by Will H. Low and engraved by Charles Schlecht. History instructing youth to the left to the right the Constitution, in the background the Washington Monument and the Capitol, around the borders the names of great Americans in wreaths. The Back of the Note shows Heads of George and Martha Washington. Thomas F. Morris designed the back from a portrait of Martha Washington, Engraved by Charles Burt in 1878 and a portrait of George Washington, Engraved in 1867 by Alfred Sealey.
S/N 143246 PMG has Noted July 30th 1896 has been written very neatly on the back of the Note. Guessing this was the date of acquisition very cool in my opinion. Among the most beautiful, historical and popular of all forms of paper money are the United States Series 1896 Silver Certificates. Known as the "Educational" notes, these $1, $2 and $5 bills take their name from the imagery on the face of the one dollar denomination, a painting by Will Low entitled "History Instructing Youth" adapted by engraver Charles Schlecht. The painting hangs in the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington, D.C. Vignettes of Martha and George Washington appear on the back of the $1 Silver Certificate.
This one is a Mule it, has the John Burke Back Plate #237 Head of Thomas Jefferson, Third President of The United States, 1801-1805 The Portrait was engraved by James Smillie. At The Center of The Note a View of The Capitol.
Low two digit serial number 99!! Check the Census it's virtually impossible to acquire a two digit serial number on this series. Front: The Second Note of The Educational Series, Engraved by Charles Schlecht and G.F.C. Smillie After Designs by Edwin H. Blashfield (Figures) and Thomas F. Morris (Frame, Background) Science Presenting Steam and Electricity to Commerce and Manufacture. Back: Heads of Inventors Robert Fulton and Samuel F. B. Morse. The Portraits Are Attributed to Engraver Lorenzo J. Hatch.
