The banner across its top and the green seal indicate it's a Federal Reserve Note, the same type of paper money used today. Please see the question "What is the value of a 1928 B US 20 dollar bill?" for more information.
At time your bill was issued, Federal Reserve Notes could be exchanged for gold but were a separate form of paper money from gold certificates. The distinction was financial rather than practical: Even though both could be exchanged for physical gold, certificates were backed dollar-for-dollar by a specific amount of gold bullion held in the Treasury, while Federal Reserve Notes had no precious-metal backing.
The silver certificate and the gold certificate were replaced by the Federal Reserve Dollar.
Please don't assume that every old bill is a silver certificate. The banner across its top identifies your bill as a Federal Reserve Note only. There's more information at the question "What is the value of a 1914 US 50 dollar bill?" Federal Reserve Notes were very different from silver certificates and were never combined. Silver certificates were issued directly by the Treasury and were backed dollar-for-dollar with silver on deposit. Federal Reserve Notes are issued by the Federal Reserve Bank and are not backed with precious metal.
US $50 dollar bills have been printed in dozens of series from 1862 to the present. Because series dates stay the same until a new series starts, bills are almost always printed every single year although they carry the date when the series began. The main series dates and bill types are: 1862 United States Note 1863 United States Note 1863-64 Compound Interest Treasury Note 1869 United States Note 1870-75 National Gold Bank Note 1874 United States Note 1875 United States Note 1878 United States Note 1878 Silver Certificate 1880 Silver Certificate 1880 Silver Certificate 1880 United States Note 1880 United States Note 1882 Gold Certificate 1882 Gold Certificate 1891 Treasury Note 1891 Silver Certificate 1891 Silver Certificate 1913 Gold Certificate 1914 Federal Reserve Note 1914 Federal Reserve Note 1918 National Currency/FRBN 1922 Gold Certificate 1928 Gold Certificate 1928 Federal Reserve Note 1928A Federal Reserve Note 1929 National Currency 1929 National Currency 1934-1934D Federal Reserve Note 1950-1950E Federal Reserve Note 1963-1963A Federal Reserve Note 1969-1969C Federal Reserve Note 1974 Federal Reserve Note 1977 Federal Reserve Note 1981-1981A Federal Reserve Note 1985 Federal Reserve Note 1988 Federal Reserve Note 1990 Federal Reserve Note 1993 Federal Reserve Note 1994 Federal Reserve Note 1996 Federal Reserve Note 2001 Federal Reserve Note 2004 Federal Reserve Note 2006 Federal Reserve Note 2009 Federal Reserve Note 2013 Federal Reserve Note
"D" is the highest letter for all 1934-dated $10 bills regardless of whether they're silver certificates or Federal Reserve Notes. If the "J" is in a large circle to the left of Hamilton's portrait, please check the banner across the top of the bill - it's almost certain you have a Federal Reserve Note and not a silver certificate. There's more information at the questions > "What is the value of a 1934 US 10 dollar silver certificate?" > "What is the value of a 1934 US 10 dollar Federal Reserve Note?"
To clear things up, the bill wasn't made in Chicago. It was printed in Washington for distribution through the Chicago Federal Reserve District. Please see the question "What is the value of a 1934 A 10 dollar Federal Reserve Note?" for values and other information.
The silver certificate and the gold certificate were replaced by the Federal Reserve Dollar.
Please see the question "What is the value of an 1899 US 2 dollar silver certificate?"The Federal Reserve System wasn't established until 1914.Silver certificates were issued directly by the Treasury and weren't connected to the Federal Reserve Bank.
Not every old bill is automatically a certificate so it's important to check carefully. If it has a gold seal and says "Gold Certificate", see the question "What is the value of a 1928 US 10 dollar gold certificate?" for values. If it has a green seal and says "Federal Reserve Note", it's not a certificate, it's a Federal Reserve Note. See the question "What is the value of a 1928 US 10 dollar Federal Reserve Note?" for values.
Silver certificates don't have district letters. Like United States Notes, they were issued directly through the Treasury and not via the Federal Reserve System.
Please don't assume that every old bill is a silver certificate. The banner across its top identifies your bill as a Federal Reserve Note only. There's more information at the question "What is the value of a 1914 US 50 dollar bill?" Federal Reserve Notes were very different from silver certificates and were never combined. Silver certificates were issued directly by the Treasury and were backed dollar-for-dollar with silver on deposit. Federal Reserve Notes are issued by the Federal Reserve Bank and are not backed with precious metal.
There were no series letters on any 1929 US bills. You may be referring instead to the Federal Reserve District letter; "G" indicates your bill was distributed by the Chicago district. There's more information at the question "What is the value of a 1929 US 100 dollar Federal Reserve Note?"
Grover Cleveland appeared on two different $20 bills, both printed in the 1914 series. There's more information at the question "What is the value of a 1914 US 20 dollar Federal Reserve Note?" For clarity, the bill was actually printed in Washington and was distributed by the Richmond Federal Reserve district.
Regardless of the Federal Reserve District that distributed the bill, as of 09/2012 a 1928 $100 FRN retails for $125 to $180 depending on condition.
US $50 dollar bills have been printed in dozens of series from 1862 to the present. Because series dates stay the same until a new series starts, bills are almost always printed every single year although they carry the date when the series began. The main series dates and bill types are: 1862 United States Note 1863 United States Note 1863-64 Compound Interest Treasury Note 1869 United States Note 1870-75 National Gold Bank Note 1874 United States Note 1875 United States Note 1878 United States Note 1878 Silver Certificate 1880 Silver Certificate 1880 Silver Certificate 1880 United States Note 1880 United States Note 1882 Gold Certificate 1882 Gold Certificate 1891 Treasury Note 1891 Silver Certificate 1891 Silver Certificate 1913 Gold Certificate 1914 Federal Reserve Note 1914 Federal Reserve Note 1918 National Currency/FRBN 1922 Gold Certificate 1928 Gold Certificate 1928 Federal Reserve Note 1928A Federal Reserve Note 1929 National Currency 1929 National Currency 1934-1934D Federal Reserve Note 1950-1950E Federal Reserve Note 1963-1963A Federal Reserve Note 1969-1969C Federal Reserve Note 1974 Federal Reserve Note 1977 Federal Reserve Note 1981-1981A Federal Reserve Note 1985 Federal Reserve Note 1988 Federal Reserve Note 1990 Federal Reserve Note 1993 Federal Reserve Note 1994 Federal Reserve Note 1996 Federal Reserve Note 2001 Federal Reserve Note 2004 Federal Reserve Note 2006 Federal Reserve Note 2009 Federal Reserve Note 2013 Federal Reserve Note
The large letter in the center of the deal indicates the Federal Reserve District.
There were no series letters on any 1929-dated US bills. A large "G" indicates that the bill was distributed through the Chicago Federal Reserve District. There's more information at the question "What is the value of a 1929 US 5 dollar Federal Reserve Note?"
The us hasn't printed a silver certificate 2 dollar bill since 1899 all twos printed after that were either US notes or federal reserve notes.