Gold certificate

A picture of a gold certificate (top image is the obverse of the certificate, bottom image is the reverse of the certificate).

The gold certificate was used for a period of time in United States history as a form of paper currency. The certificate was matched to the same amount of value in gold coinage; for example: fifty gold dollars = one fifty dollar gold certificate.

Michael Hillegas, the first Treasurer of the United States appeared on the 1907-1922 certificate.

The gold certificate was replaced by silver certificate when the United States government balanced its currency against the silver standard instead of the gold standard.

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