We, in the United Sates, use the Avoirdupois system. Metals are mostly weighed by the Troy system. In discussing the weight or mass of a coin, especially in US versus foreign, or old US versus the new US Bullion coins (the silver, gold and platinum eagles), we need to know what system of weight measure with which we are dealing. Once you grasp a couple of basic rules, the rest is easy. I firmly believe the simple way is the best way. What we are going to do is to make it simple. I have spent hours on the phone with some of my clients helping them to understand all the technical jargon. Krause Publications, 2008.Sometimes coin collectors get very confused when they look at coin specifications in coin publication or advertisements. Haxby, James A., Standard Catalog of United States Obsolete Bank Notes 1782-1866.The Coin & Currency Institute, Inc., 2010. Paper Money of the United States: The Standard Reference Work on Paper Money from Colonial Times to the Present. This list is by no means exhaustive, as it does not touch on College Currency, Depression Scrip, Advertising Notes, Satirical Notes, Military Payment Certificates, Proofs, Errors, et al. The enemy didn’t capture these issues and thus they circulated as normal well after WWII. The second issue is somewhat less obvious, for use with armed forces in Europe and North Africa, $1, $5, and $10 Silver Certificates that would normally have a blue Treasury seal were overprinted with a yellow ink instead.
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After the attack on Pearl Harbor, a special issue of $1, $5, $10, and $20 notes were overprinted with brown Treasury seals and serial numbers, as well as black “HAWAII” bold printed on each side of the face and “HAWAII” again on the back in large print covering nearly the entire length of the note. There were two different special issues that came about during WWII to distinguish notes used in hostile territory from normal notes in case they were captured by the enemy at which point they could be deemed worthless.
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WWII Emergency Issuesįace and Back of Series 1934A $20 “Hawaii” Federal Reserve Note (Images Courtesy of the National Numismatic Collection at the National Museum of American History) Click image to enlarge. The Small Sized notes were all printed in haste during a bank holiday in 1933 as an emergency to supply banks with fresh cash to prevent bank runs during the depression, which worked so well that these particular notes were seen in circulation as late as the 1960s. The Large Size notes would be payable at the individual Federal Reserve banks, whereas the Small Size notes were meant to function as normal circulating currency. All of these issues have the words “National Currency” at the top.
Two series (19) were used on the Large Size issues, however all Small Size issues were overprinted on Series 1929 National Bank Note stock.
These notes came about during two eras, and the text used on them will forever confuse them with National Bank Notes to the novice. United States Notes / “Legal Tenders”įace and Back of Series 1918 “Battleship” $2 Boston Federal Reserve Bank Note (Images Courtesy of the National Numismatic Collection at the National Museum of American History) Click image to enlarge. They are categorically rare, and intact high denominations are virtually unheard of in the collecting community. Because of their interest-bearing nature, and people at that time wanting to collect that interest, very few of these pieces survived. From 1861 to 1865 these notes were issued in denominations from $5 up to $5,000. The 3-year notes had five coupons attached, like a bond, that could be removed and redeemed individually as they matured every six months, and then the final six months could be redeemed when the note itself was presented for redemption.
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These all earned interest for the duration of the stated term at varying amounts from five to seven and three-tenths percent depending on the issue at the end of that given period the full amount would be payable to the bearer on demand. Face and Back of 1865 $100 Interest Bearing Note (Images Courtesy of the National Numismatic Collection at the National Museum of American History) Click image to enlarge.Īnother product of the money shortage of the Civil War, Interest Bearing Notes were issued as 60-day notes, 1-year notes, 2-year notes, and 3-year notes.
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