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The first Silver certificates were issued in 1878, but they were printed only in denominations from $10 - $1,000 Silver Certificates in lower denomination - including the first $1 Silver Certificate - were authorized by Congress on August 4, 1886. When the first $1 Silver Certificate was issued in the series of 1886, it was the third different