At the height of his fame, Mark Twain was said to be the richest writer in America, and the rumor was that magazines were willing to pay him a dollar a word.
An admirer once sent Twain a request for his autograph and enclosed a dollar. The author kept the money and replied not with his signature but with the single word "Thanks," in accordance with his rumored rate.
I like to imagine that the aforesaid dollar was an 1899 Black Eagle Silver Certificate like the one pictured above--now worth a lot more than $1.00.
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