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Catalog Number |
1907.17.10 |
Object Name |
Currency |
Description |
Paper money - U.S. ten cents 3/1863 Fractional green reverse Printed by American Bank Note This ten cent note is a part of the fourth series of "fractional currency" that was issued in 1874. Paper Fractional Currency started to be issued during the Civil War by the Union in order to keep track of currency as coins of the same value were under struggle to being tracked by the citizens due to hoarding of the coins. Five different serues was issued by the Union. Paper Fractional Currency ended in February 1876 after Congress ordered the minting of silver coins at an efficient enough rate to discourage hoarding in place of the obsolete paper fractional currency. This particular ten cent note was printed during the fourth series, which was issued on July 14, 1869-February 16, 1875. Like all of the notes issued during the second series, it contains a portrait of Liberty (an American representation of the Roman Goddess Libertas) on the front. The phrase "Receivable for all United States Stamps.". The back side of the bill contains a large number 5 in the center as well as the text, "This note is exchangeable for United States Notes, the Assistant Treasurers of the United States in sums not less than three dollars. Receivable in payment of all dues to the united States less than five dollars, except customs," wrapped around a Roman Numeral X with a ten at each if the vertical edges of the note. |
Date |
March 1863 |
Subjects |
Paper money Currency |
Search Terms |
Civil War |
Material |
paper |
Dimensions |
W-2 L-3.12 inches |
Source |
Homer, Georgiana Griswold |
Collection |
Arlington Historical Society Collection |