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HUFFINGTON POST'S FAVORITE OLD BANKNOTES AND CURRENCY
Arthur Shippee forwarded this item from The Huffington Post. Thanks. It's a compilation of images of obsolete U.S. banknotes.
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A $5 "brown back" national bank note from 1882 just sold for an eye-popping $101,790, according to Bonhams. The bill barely resembles the kind of money that is printed today. In fact, the bill is a relic from an era when there were more than 8,000 different kinds of money in the United States. A podcast this week by NPR's "Planet Money" dove into the currency crazy world of pre-Civil War America. Before to U.S. nationalized its currency, the American money system was flooded with a seemingly infinite number of currencies, from state banknotes to local banknotes and different forms of change. There were bills adorned with Confederate heroes. Even Santa Claus made a cameo appearance on a Boston banknote. NPR's podcast coupled with the sale of the $5 "brown back" encouraged us to dig around for some of America's most eclectic antique money. To read the complete article (and view the photos), see: $5 1882 'Brown Back' Sells For $101,790, Causing Us To Dig For Some Of America's Craziest Currencies (PHOTOS) (www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/14/5-dollar-1882-brown-back_n_2279469.html)
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