1899 Black Eagle Silver Certificate

So interestingly with this note there were a bunch with SUPER SHORT serial numbers.

If you look at the inventory of this guy (just an example nothing at all to do with me)
http://www.jhonecash.com/currency/c...lowest_first

You can see he has one note with serial number H15A amazingly
I know there were even shorter ones out there.

That H15A note is gem uncirculated (65) and is being sold at 1650
Now without knowing the exact serial number (the block matters etc) I can't tell you if the one you have is special but it is unlikely to be particularly so.
Hence the value of your note will be mostly dependent on the condition of it rather than the serial number. Again, your note might be something special but its very unlikely.

If you want to know the serial numbers issued

https://www.uspapermoney.info/serials/s1899_s.html

that will give you some indication

Obviously if you have number A1 its likely to be through the roof in price but when H1A needs to be supergem to retail at 1650 bucks you can see that the serial number isn't likely to be super important.

I am not an expert in this issue so there might be some amazing thing I am missing but certainly can't say without knowing the actual number.

Not significant. Back then serial numbers started with a single digit #1 and rose from there, not #00000001 as today.

Here's an example -





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Welcome ... time to break out my examples to have a look ... will report.