Fabulous Varieties Tied to the Launch of $1 1935 Silver Certificates
It is not widely known among collectors that the seals on U.S. Treasury currency were printed and the notes separated within the U.S. Treasury building under the auspices of the U.S. Treasurer between 1885 and 1910. All the rest of the printing operations, including serial numbering, were carried out at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.
The printing of the $1 Series of 1935 silver certificates was a big deal for both the U.S. Treasury in general and the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in particular. The production of the notes represented an important innovation for the Bureau. They were the first small size notes with overprinted signatures of the Secretary of the Treasury and U.S. Treasurer.
For the Treasury, there was a behindthe-scenes factor of much greater consequence. President Franklin D. Roosevelt had recommended using the Great Seal of
