$1 Silver Certificate, Series 1886, depicting Martha Washington. Source: National Museum of via Wikimedia Commons. Silver mining is thought to have begun more than 5,000 years ago in what's now Turkey ...

Have you ever stumbled upon an old silver certificate tucked away in a family collection or inherited from a relative? That seemingly ordinary piece of paper might be worth far more than its face ...

IRVINE (AP) — A silver certificate worth $1,000 when it was printed in 1891 has sold in a private transaction by an auction house in Southern California for $2.6 million. Stack's Bowers Galleries of ...

Silver certificates were once legal tender in the U.S., and while they're now obsolete, they do hold value depending on the condition and year issued. Note: This article was originally published May ...