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Colonial money
« on: May 22, 2019, 01:55:36 AM »
Colonial printed currency, good reference on fonts and design.

https://coins.nd.edu/ColCurrency/index.html
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Re: Colonial money
« Reply #1 on: May 22, 2019, 10:44:28 AM »
Interesting money for sure. If I recall correctly, paper currency took some time to catch on with folks... I think I read somewhere that most folks preferred coin type money, and I certainly understand the reasoning behind both approaches. I'd be surprised if in fact the Colonial Government(s) had the gold/silver to even back this paper money, but they eventually sold the idea of it to folks. In reality I doubt folks had much choice other to eventually except the paper notes.

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