Silver Certificate - Definition - Law Dictionary Home Dictionary Definition silver-certificate

Definition :

A certificate issued by a government that there has been deposited with it silver to a specified amount payable to the bearer on demand In the United States and its possessions it is issued against the deposit of silver coin and is not legal tender but is receivable for customs taxes and all public dues In the United States the redeemability in silver of silver certificates was discontinued in the 1970s they are still 1997 accepted as money at the face dollar value but cannot be redeemed in silver