For more than 125 years, the United States had a gold-coin, silver-coin monetary system. No, it was not a paper-money system ...

Colonial Currency, Massachusetts, 12 Pence, 1776, Paper Money of the United States Page 218 states the image is courtesy of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco and clearly shows that the reverse ...

Building on the scope of Robert Friedberg's groundbreaking research, A Guide Book of United States Paper Money, Fifth Edition, includes an engaging history of the paper currency of the United States.

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Author Joshua Greenberg discussed the system of paper currency that was in place prior to the establishment of the Greenback. He explained how bank ...

Shortly after the beginning of the Civil War in April 1861, the newly established Confederate States of America began printing its own paper currency for monetary transactions. This paper currency was ...