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^β Some Modern United States commemorative coins are minted in this denomination. ^γ The United States government claims that it never officially released the 1933 double eagle. Examples of the coin were minted in that year, but were never released to circulation following Executive Order 6102.
The obverse of the Civil War Battlefields commemorative dollar, designed by Don Troiani, features an infantryman raising a canteen to the lips of a wounded foe. The reverse, designed by John Mercanti , features a quotation from Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain , the college professor from Maine who became one of the heroes of Gettysburg .
Civil War-era coins made big headlines over the summer when a Kentucky man unearthed hundreds of lost gold coins and became about $2 million richer because of it. His discovery, made in a ...
Before the Civil War, the United States used gold and silver coins as its official currency. Paper currency in the form of banknotes was issued by privately owned banks, the notes being redeemable for specie at the bank's office. Such notes had value only if the bank could be counted on to redeem them; if a bank failed, its notes became worthless.
The Confederate dollar, often called a "Greyback", was first issued into circulation in April 1861, when the Confederacy was only two months old, and on the eve of the outbreak of the Civil War. At first, Confederate currency was accepted throughout the South as a medium of exchange with high purchasing power.
2.5¢ unknown unknown unknown unknown never minted Proposed in 1916 by US mint director Robert W. Woolley. [4] Civil War tokens of this denomination exist. Three-cent bronze 3¢ 10.89 g 28.57 mm 95% Cu 5% Zn plain 1863 Ring nickel 5¢ plain 1884–1885 [5] [6] Gold ring half dollar 50¢ 1852 [7] Gold ring dollar $1 1849, 1852 [8] [9] Two dollar ...
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The widespread use of the tokens was a result of the scarcity of government-issued cents during the Civil War. Civil War tokens became illegal after the United States Congress passed a law on April 22, 1864, prohibiting the issue of any one or two-cent coins, tokens or devices for use as currency. On June 8, 1864, an additional law was passed ...