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Complete denomination type set of 1928 Gold Certificates Value Series Fr Image Portrait $10 1928 Fr.2400 Alexander Hamilton: $20 1928 Fr.2402 Andrew Jackson: $50 1928 Fr.2404 Ulysses S. Grant: $100 1928 Fr.2405 Benjamin Franklin: $500 1928 Fr.2407 William McKinley: $1,000 1928 Fr.2408 Grover Cleveland: $5,000
Gold certificates, along with all other U.S. currency, were made in two sizes—a larger size from 1865 to 1928, and a smaller size beginning with the series of 1928. The backs of all large-sized notes (and also the small-sized notes of the Series of 1934) were orange, resulting in the nickname "yellow boys" or "goldbacks".
During this time, 14 new enterprises were created. Their initial capital was 7.6 million gold francs, about 28% more than the capital of the enterprises of the period '21-'24. Trade was the main field of the Albanian economy. During this period, the turnover of goods increased. In 1928, the number of enterprises reached 127.
As a worldwide depression developed after 1928, gold production increased. The federal government moved to establish the price of gold, which rose to about $35.00 per ounce. The increased price of gold, combined with lower wages and material costs prevailing during the Depression, caused gold mining to become attractive again.
Gold discoveries in California in 1848 and later in Australia lowered the gold price relative to silver; ... August 1926-June 1928 ...
System policy in 1928–29 consequently shifted from price level stabilization to passive real bills. "The" gold standard remained where it had been—nothing but formal window dressing waiting for an opportune time to reappear. [75]
The spot price of gold closed Tuesday at just over $2,514 per Troy ounce — the standard for measuring precious metals, which is equivalent to 31 grams. That would make a gold bar or brick ...
The Indian Head gold pieces or Pratt-Bigelow gold coins were two separate coin series, identical in design, struck by the United States Mint: a two-and-a-half-dollar piece, or quarter eagle, and a five-dollar coin, or half eagle. The quarter eagle was struck from 1908 to 1915 and from 1925–1929.