Posted By: Paul - Sun Dec 27, 2020 -
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Category: Education, Money, 1930s, Europe
Baltimore Evening Sun - Aug 7, 1935
Fort Worth Star Telegram - Aug 2, 1935
Posted By: Alex - Mon Dec 07, 2020 -
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Category: Money, 1930s
Posted By: Paul - Fri Dec 04, 2020 -
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Category: Animals, Eccentrics, Food, Money, Pranks and Revenge, 1960s
St. Louis Post-Dispatch - Mar 13, 1924
Posted By: Alex - Tue Oct 27, 2020 -
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Category: Medicine, Money, 1920s
Fractional or postage currency has a rich history. At the beginning of the Civil War people starting hoarding coins for their precious metal content. Coins became difficult to find because of the hoarding. People started to try to use stamps instead of coins as a means of commerce. The government decided to help ease the hoarding issue by issuing “paper coins” also known as postage currency or fractional currency. Fractional currency was first issued on August 21, 1862 and they were last issued on February 15, 1876. Three cents, five cents, ten cents, twenty-five cents, and fifty cents notes were all issued. Fractional currency is physically smaller than other United States money. It also does not have a serial number.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Sep 25, 2020 -
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Category: Money, Nineteenth Century
Battle Creek Enquirer - Mar 7, 1963
Posted By: Alex - Mon Jul 13, 2020 -
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Category: Money, Collectors, 1940s
The Formoso New Era - Dec 11, 1903
The Spokane Spokesman-Review - July 12, 1961
Posted By: Alex - Fri Jul 10, 2020 -
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Category: Confusion, Misunderstanding, and Incomprehension, Money, 1900s
Charlie Becker, midget trainer with Singer's Midgets, walked the smallest elephant of his troupe to Merchant's Bank, and made a deposit for Keith's Theatre. The elephant delivered the money satchel directly to the receiving teller
Posted By: Paul - Tue May 19, 2020 -
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Category: Animals, Money, 1920s
Posted By: Paul - Mon Apr 27, 2020 -
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Category: Bad Habits, Neuroses and Psychoses, Money, Husbands, Wives, 1900s
source of images: worldsfaircommunity.org
Posted By: Alex - Thu Mar 19, 2020 -
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Category: Money, 1960s
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