<P> United States silver certificates were a type of representative money printed from 1878 to 1964 in the United States as part of its circulation of paper currency . They were produced in response to silver agitation by citizens who were angered by the Fourth Coinage Act , and were used alongside the gold - based dollar notes . The silver certificates were initially redeemable in the same face value of silver dollar coins , and later in raw silver bullion . </P>
<P> United States silver certificates were a type of representative money printed from 1878 to 1964 in the United States as part of its circulation of paper currency . They were produced in response to silver agitation by citizens who were angered by the Fourth Coinage Act , and were used alongside the gold - based dollar notes . The silver certificates were initially redeemable in the same face value of silver dollar coins , and later in raw silver bullion . </P>
when was the us dollar backed by silver
when was the us dollar backed by silver
1878 to 1964
1878 to 1964