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  2. Banknotes of the United States dollar - Wikipedia

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    Demand Notes are considered the first paper money issued by the United States whose main purpose was to circulate. They were made because of a coin shortage as people hoarded their coins during the American Civil War and were issued in denominations of $5, $10 and $20. They were redeemable in coin. They were replaced by United States Notes in 1862.

  3. United States Note - Wikipedia

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    A United States Note, also known as a Legal Tender Note, is a type of paper money that was issued from 1862 to 1971 in the United States. Having been current for 109 years, they were issued for longer than any other form of U.S. paper money other than the currently issued Federal Reserve Note.

  4. Large denominations of United States currency - Wikipedia

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    Large denominations of United States currency greater than $100 were circulated by the United States Treasury until 1969. Since then, U.S. dollar banknotes have been issued in seven denominations : $1 , $2 , $5 , $10 , $20 , $50 , and $100 .

  5. Early American currency - Wikipedia

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    The currency of the American colonies, 1700–1764: a study in colonial finance and imperial relations. Dissertations in American economic history. New York: Arno Press, 1975. ISBN 0-405-07257-0. Ernst, Joseph Albert. Money and politics in America, 1755–1775: a study in the Currency act of 1764 and the political economy of revolution. Chapel ...

  6. Numismatic history of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Up to the mid-1990s, American money had changed little since the end of silver coins in the mid-1960s, and some of the denominations, including the paper notes and the nickel, had barely changed since the 1930s. Beginning in 1996 with the $100 and $50 bills, paper money was redesigned to deter counterfeiting.

  7. Series (United States currency) - Wikipedia

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    The national currency, issued and unissued, has a series date (corresponding to when the design was last changed) and a release date. The first series printed by the Federal Reserve was Series 1914. It contained a $5 bill with Abraham Lincoln , a $10 bill with Andrew Jackson , a $20 bill with Grover Cleveland , a $50 bill with Ulysses Grant ...

  8. 3 Valuable American Bills You Could Find in Your Wallet - AOL

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    Money has a long history -- one filled with stories, details and facts that are not necessarily presented on the surface when we use it to buy goods and purchase services. There are a lot of coins...

  9. United States five-dollar bill - Wikipedia

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    Approximately 6% of all paper currency produced by the U.S. Treasury's Bureau of Engraving and Printing in 2009 were $5 bills. [4] Although sometimes nicknamed a "fin", which has German/Yiddish roots and is remotely related to the English "five", the term is currently far less common than it was in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It is ...