Depression Scrip

Submitted by Shawn Hewitt on
Depression Scrip is a branch of obsolete notes entailing the issue of emergency scrip during the Great Depression. It includes barter scrip -- payable for labor -- and stamp scrip, issued by local municipalities and paid off through a tax on the notes as they circulated.

Punch Cancellation

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When notes were redeemed -- turned in for gold or silver coins -- they were typically destroyed, so they could be not redeemed again. Sometimes notes were spared destruction by instead cancelling them. Small hole punches through the signatures were one means of cancellation.

Fractional Currency--The Beginning

Submitted by Benny Bolin on
Hello and welcome to the Fractional Currency (FC) blog. I am excited about blogging about my favorite series of US Currency. I hope to keep it interesting by adding the intriguing along with the historical. If you have any topics of interest, let me know and we will explore it. This blog is just setting up the series. I hope to have a new one posted dealing with an overview of FC soon.
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