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Silver certificates are a type of representative money issued between 1878 and 1964 in the United States as part of its circulation of paper currency. This $10 silver certificate, part of the series of 1886, depicts Thomas A. Hendricks, an American politician and lawyer from Indiana who served as the 21st vice president of the United States from March to November 1885. The series is known for the ornate engraving on the reverse of the notes. This banknote is part of the National Numismatic Collection at the Smithsonian Institution.
Banknote design credit: Bureau of Engraving and Printing; photographed by Andrew Shiva