Fractional currency, also referred to as shinplasters, was introduced by the United States federal government following the outbreak of the Civil War...

worth far more as bullion). Civil War paper currency issue in denominations below $1, i.e. fractional currency, sometimes pejoratively referred to as shinplasters...

A fractional currency shield is a 20 in × 25 in (510 mm × 640 mm) printed "shield" on which were placed images of 39 different fractional currency notes...

Fractional-reserve banking is the system of banking in all countries worldwide, under which banks that take deposits from the public keep only part of...

issued paper currency. In 1865, Congress abolished the five-cent fractional currency note after Spencer M. Clark, head of the Currency Bureau (today...

27.07 grams of 0.917 fine silver (revised to 0.903 fine in 1771). Fractional currency was supplied by cutting the Spanish dollar coin, most commonly into...

issued were 3¢, 5¢, 10¢, 15¢, 25¢ and 50¢. There were five issues of fractional currency. Interest bearing notes were issued from 1863 to 1865 and bore a...

of George Washington standing) $500 Interest Bearing Note $1000 Fractional currency 10¢ and 50¢ first issues 5¢, 10¢, 25¢, and 50¢ second issue 3¢, and...

with various difficulties. Money came in different coinages, and fractional currency in addition to the real and the cuarto also existed. Peso coins with...

Tetri (Georgian: თეთრი) is a fractional currency used in the country of Georgia. It was put into circulation in 1995. The name tetri ("white") was adopted...

for commemorative purposes, are considered "circulating currencies". This includes fractional units that have no physical form but are recognized by the...

appeared on fractional currency, as did Francis Spinner and Spencer Clark who both approved the use of their own image on fractional currency. In 1873,...

makeshifts. These included currency issues by cities and businesses, encased postage stamps, and federally issued fractional currency—paper notes in denominations...

system where commercial banks create the new money as debt Fractional-reserve banking Hard currency Inflation hedge Modern monetary theory Money creation Money...

Greatest American Currency Notes" compiled by Bowers and Sundman (2006). Stanton also appears on the fourth issue of Fractional currency, in the amount of...

internal government transactions. The United States also issued fractional currency for a brief time in the 1860s and 1870s, in several denominations...

from karbovanets, another currency that circulated in various periods of the country's history. In practice, the currencies were interchangeable. It became...

Landskrona Justice in numismatics Justice holding scales, $0.50 U.S. fractional currency. (Goddesses of Justice): Astraea, Dike, Themis, Eunomia, Prudentia...

lowest value denomination of United States paper currency since the discontinuation of U.S. fractional currency notes in 1876. An image of the first U.S. president...

featured centesimal (1⁄100) units but now have no fractional denomination in circulation: Examples of currencies which use the cent symbol for other purposes:...

issue of silver coins, regardless of denomination, was to retire the fractional currency—low-value paper money or "shinplasters". Congress passed legislation...

popular name for the pre-decimal currencies once common throughout Europe. The abbreviation originates from the Latin currency denominations librae, solidi...

Canadian dollar (symbol: $; code: CAD; French: dollar canadien) is the currency of Canada. It is abbreviated with the dollar sign $. There is no standard...

countries United States postal notes – a payment system developed out of fractional currency "Post Office Money Order: A. Scott of Bootle to Peter Hodgson Esq...

does. Each currency typically has a main currency unit (the dollar, for example, or the euro) and a fractional unit, often defined as 1⁄100 of the main...

人民币; pinyin: Rénmínbì; lit. 'People's Currency'; symbol: ¥; ISO code: CNY; abbreviation: RMB) is the official currency of the People's Republic of China....

means as merchant tokens, encased postage stamps, and United States fractional currency, issued in denomination as low as three cents. Although specie (gold...

ISBN 978-0-14-240262-7. Brasher's Doubloons – Introduction Legendary Coins & Currency: Brasher Doubloon, 1787 Brasher Doubloon in the collection of the American...

The Currency Act or Paper Bills of Credit Act is one of several Acts of the Parliament of Great Britain that regulated paper money issued by the colonies...

(1861–1862) Legal Tender Act of 1862 United States Note (1862–1971) Fractional currency (1862–1876) National Bank Acts (1863; 1864) Interest bearing note...