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  2. Early American currency - Wikipedia

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    Early American currency went through several stages of development during the colonial and post-Revolutionary history of the United States. John Hull was authorized by the Massachusetts legislature to make the earliest coinage of the colony (the willow, the oak, and the pine tree shilling ) in 1652.

  3. History of the United States dollar - Wikipedia

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    The Secretary of the Treasury directed a reduction in paper currency from a 7 + 7 ⁄ 16 inch by 3 + 9 ⁄ 64 inch size to a 6 + 5 ⁄ 16 inch by 2 + 11 ⁄ 16 inch (6.31" × 2.69") size, which allowed the Treasury Department to produce 12 notes per 16 + 1 ⁄ 4 inch by 13 + 1 ⁄ 4 inch sheet of paper that previously would yield 8 notes at the ...

  4. Art and engraving on United States banknotes - Wikipedia

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    The first issue of government-authorized paper currency in America was printed by the Province of Massachusetts Bay in 1690. [1] This first issue, dated 10 December 1690, was printed from an engraved copper plate with four subjects to a sheet. [ 2 ]

  5. Greenback (1860s money) - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. History of money - Wikipedia

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    The Marteau Early 18th-Century Currency Converter A Platform of Research in Economic History. Historical Currency Conversion Page by Harold Marcuse. Focuses on converting German marks to US dollars since 1871 and inflating them to values today, but has much additional information on the history of currency exchange. Gold in US Geological Survey

  7. Banknotes of the United States dollar - Wikipedia

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    The U.S. government decided to substitute paper currency of denominations under a dollar for coins in order to solve the problem. The denominations issued were 3¢, 5¢, 10¢, 15¢, 25¢ and 50¢. There were five issues of fractional currency.

  8. United States one-dollar bill - Wikipedia

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    That blend makes the notes more difficult to counterfeit compared to paper (as well as increasing its durability). [4] As of December 31, 2018, the average life of a dollar bill in circulation is 6.6 years before it is replaced due to wear. [5] Approximately 42% of all U.S. currency produced in 2009 were one-dollar bills. [6]

  9. Wildcat banking - Wikipedia

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    Notes of the Bank of Singapore, Michigan. Wildcat banking was the issuance of paper currency in the United States by poorly capitalized state-chartered banks.These wildcat banks existed alongside more stable state banks during the Free Banking Era from 1836 to 1865, when the country had no national banking system.