• 1935 was the first year for the new back on currency after 1928 series. It also was the first year that the Word Silver was placed on the Payable to Bearer Line below Washington. • A major design change in the history of the Silver Certificate and one dollar bill was the Series 1935 with the Great Seal of the United States; interestingly, the In God We Trust did not appear on silver certificates until the Series 1957. • FUN FACTS FOR STORY CARD: 1st Sugar Bowl and 1st Orange Bowl, Bob Hope 1st heard on network radio as part of "The Intimate Revue", Amelia Earhart flies from Honolulu to Oakland California, 1st canned beer, "Krueger Cream Ale," is sold by Kruger Brewing Co., Monopoly board game goes on sale for 1st time, 1st NFL draft; Jay Berwanger of U Chicago is 1st pick. He never plays in NFL, Airplanes are no longer permitted to fly over the White House, New York Yankees release Babe Ruth, he signs with Boston Braves, Babe Ruth's 1st NL game, for Boston Braves, included a home run, Boulder Dam completed, Franklin D. Roosevelt orders a federal gold vault to be built at Fort Knox Kentucky, Mao Tse Tung and Communist forces end their "Long March" at Yan'an, in China. |