1896 $2 "Educational" Silver Certificate Fr. 248 - Very Fine Poland Lower mintage issue

Lower mintage issue

697 troy ounces

Netherland East Indies

US naval aircraft sink all 4 Japanese transports and 4 of 6 destroyers

This mark was used in the early 1950s

1896 $2 "Educational" Silver Certificate Fr. 248 - Very Fine Poland Lower mintage issueRanked #11 in the 100 Greatest American Currency Notes, the $2 Educational features Science presenting Steam and Electricity to Commerce and Manufacture on the obverse and vignettes of Robert Fulton (inventor of the first modern torpedoes) and Samuel F. B. Morse (inventor of Morse code) on the reverse. This specimen faces up terrifically though it does have a hardened oil based residue on the reverse.