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English: Obverse portrait as seen on the Science presenting steam and electricity to Commerce and Manufacture $2 silver certificate. Edwin Blashfield's design for the obverse was originally slated for the fifty-dollar bill. The theme of steam and slectricity are represented as children because they were new forms of power. The engravers who executed the design were G.F.C. Smillie and Charles Schlecht
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Author Multiple employees of the US Bureau of Engraving and Printing

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