When did silver certificates come out?

Answer 1

The first silver certificates were issued as $10 bills in 1878. Other denominations soon followed. $1, $5, and $10 were the most common but at one time or another silver certificates were printed in every denomination up to $1000.

Printing of silver certificates were discontinued in 1964 (some sources say 1965) when the price of silver had to be deregulated due to increasing demand, although all of these bills were issued as part of either the 1935H or 1957B series. Redemption for silver metal ended in 1968. Silver certificates have never been withdrawn and are technically still legal tender, but essentially none remain in circulation after nearly 6 decades.