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V25 2022 INDEX E-SYLUM ARCHIVE LOOSE CHANGE: APRIL 3, 2022Here are some additional items in the media this week that may be of interest. -Editor The Washington Post publishes a Sunday cartoon by Patrick Reynolds called "Flashbacks" that tell local history stories. Today's comic addressed shinplasters and the Postal Currency Act of 1862. I was unable to find a site online to reference. -Editor 
From Franklin Noll's blog. Found via News & Notes from the Society of Paper Money Collectors (Volume VII, Number 41, March 29, 2022) -Editor
The notes pictured are $2 Silver Certificates, Series 1899. The faces are shown, which means that these are finished notes (except for the surface printing of seals and serial numbers) as the the faces were printed last. In 1908, the US Treasury was using 100% linen paper, and we can see all the wrinkling that occurs as the paper had been moistened before each printing. After printing, the notes needed to be left to dry to allow the ink to set. The fact that these are four-subject note sheets also says that the notes were printed by hand on a flatbed press. It is hard to imagine just how labor intensive banknote production was in the past and the degree of skill that was needed in every step of the process as everything was done by hand.
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