$2.00 Silver Certificates
Large Sized $2.00 Silver Certificates were issued for four series: 1886, 1891, 1896 and 1899. There are six distinct varieties (major differences with Face Design, Seal Type and / or Back Design) within this denomination.


Series 1886			Series 1886 Face Design		Series 1886 Back Design

Series 1886 is the first Series of $2.00 Silver Certificates. The portrait on the left side of the face is of General Winfield Scott Hancock, a Civil War Union General.


				Series 1886 - Overprinted with Small Plain Red Seal at right of lower center.
Identifier LSC2-1 LSC2-2		Fr. # 240 241		Register Rosecrans Rosecrans		Treasurer Jordan Hyatt


				Series 1886 - Overprinted with Large Red Seal to right of center.
Identifier LSC2-3 LSC2-4		Fr. # 242 243		Register Rosecrans Rosecrans		Treasurer Hyatt Huston


				Series 1886 - Overprinted with Large Brown Seal to right of center.
Identifier LSC2-5		Fr. # 244		Register Rosecrans		Treasurer Huston


Series 1891			Series 1891 Face Design		Series 1891 Back Design
The Series 1891 $2.00 Silver Certificate represents a complete new design from the 1886 Series. The Portrait in the center is of William Windom, the Secretatry of the Treasury between 1881 and 1884 and again between 1889 and 1891.


				Series 1891 - Overprinted with Small Red Scalloped Seal at right.
Identifier LSC2-6 LSC2-7		Fr. # 245 246		Register Rosecrans Tillman		Treasurer Nebeker Morgan


Series 1896			Series 1896 Face Design		Series 1896 Back Design
The Series 1896 $2.00 Silver Certificates represents a complete new design from the Series 1886 and 1891 Series. The Face Design is an allegory figure representing "Science presenting steam and electricity to commerce and manufacturing.". The portraits on the back are Robert Fulton and Samuel F.B. Morse on the right. Both men were American inventors. This note is part of the "Educational Series" of 1896, along with the $2.00 and $5.00 Silver Certificates of the same series.


				Series 1896 - Overprinted with a Small Red Seal at lower Right.
Identifier LSC2-8 LSC2-9		Fr. # 247 248		Register Tillman Bruce		Treasurer Morgan Roberts


Series 1899			Series 1899 Face Design		Series 1899 Back Design
The Series 1899 $2.00 Silver Certificates represents a complete new design from the 1896 Series. The Portrait in the center of the Face Design is of George Washington between allegoric figures representing "Mechanics" on the left and "Agriculture" on the right.


				Series 1899 - Overprinted with a Small Blue Seal at lower Right.
Identifier LSC2-10 LSC2-11 LSC2-12 LSC2-13 LSC2-14 LSC2-15 LSC2-16 LSC2-17 LSC2-18 LSC2-19		Fr. # 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258		Register Lyons Lyons Vernon Vernon Napier Napier Parker Teehee Elliot Speelman		Treasurer Roberts Treat Treat McClung McClung Thompson Burke Burke Burke White