Silver certificates (ended in 1963) This US currency was backed by silver. Silver Certificates could only be printed as there was as much silver being held. The US government received the Silver Certificates when they were printed by the Treasury. Silver Certificates were redeemable in silver on...

United States notes (ended in 1982) This US currency is printed to match the goods and services in the economy. United States notes are identical to Federal Reserve notes except the government gets the United States notes when they are printed. United States notes are not backed by silver or...

America in the 1800s Building a New Town Let us say a small town in America during the 1800s has $2 million worth of goods and services being bought and sold each year. This basically means it has a $2 million economy. The town includes farms, smithys, tanneries, lumber mills, etc. If the town...

Banknotes A currency commonly issued by private banks in the 1800s to match newly created goods and services; often to help create new businesses. Banknotes were usually never backed by gold or silver, but rather, they matched newly created goods and services. Banknotes were often used alongside...

In 1982 when the printing of new United States notes was banned, allowing only Federal Reserve notes to be printed. Many people are saying America was better off financially before 1982, especially where American jobs and the trade deficit are concerned. Does anyone know of legislation that would...

America in the 1800s Local banknotes helped create good economic growth If someone decided to purchase goods from another town or state, they usually used US currency or coins since their own local banknotes wouldn't be honored in another town. This actually benefited most towns because it...

New currency can only be printed ONCE to match new goods and services entering the economy. Those goods and services must remain year after year or else inflation will result. A reduction in goods or services can be replaced by growth in other goods and services to counter that inflation.

HOW TO MAKE MONEY ON THE INTERNET? I promise to him that if reads all this it is going to want to do it. This is an invitation to comprise of a great cooperative chain of people connected to Internet from its houses that with a small initial investment feed a generating motor on money never seen...

Hello all. I'd found in a book a $1 bill used as a bookmark. Taking a look to it, I'd noticed a strange situation for me, perhaps it's usual. The margins between the printing and the phisical borders are different in each four sides. The difference is enough to be seen in a simple view, may be...

Hello all. I've received as a gift a 20 mexican pesos banknote. And the questions a is it made on plastic? or is it made on platified paper? is there any other bill in the world made on the same material? Thanks a lot! fernando

Hello all. I'm a newbie here, reading long ago but never posting. Just a little new: the spanish newspaper "El Mundo" is going to start a collection were the readers can get a set of 52 different banknotes (real ones) from different countries. Regards,

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Fortunately (for the consigner) online bidders are much smarter than the people cataloging small size notes for CAA: Long Beach Sale: http://apps.heritagecoin.com/common/auction/catalog.php?SaleNo=354 Check out Lots 15832, 15842, & 15841. Check the estimates, then figure out why the bids are so...

"Fred A. Murphy" wrote in message To me the point in not whether there is a citable abuse of the grading that made an XF into a MS65, which in some coins might only mean a $10 difference anyway. The real danger is the...

It seems that the dealer who listed this nice (but common) Bank of America $5.00 National confused it for a SF District Federal Reserve Bank Note. Got a good chuckle out of this one: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=3420&item=3920172560&rd=1

I pose this question because it seems that in the last 5 or so years there has been an increasing awareness by even casual collectors that star notes are printed in small quantities compared to most non-star issues. Ebay is now awash with modern star notes fresh from the bank. And, it is quite...

Unlike Ebay, where it is, after all, caveat emptor, and overgraded notes are the rule rather than the exception; are overgraded and processed notes in currency "slabs" the real danger to paper money collecting? In any major US currency auction, you can find notes that have been processed and...

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I have a $20 series 1928 b In the top left it says: Remeemable in gold on demand at the us treasury, or in gold or lawful money at any federal reserve bank. worth more than 20 beans? -Andy

Is a US $50 bill series 1950 worth anything more than.....$50? I also have a $20 series of 1928 b In the top left it says: Remeemable in gold on demand at the us treasury, or in gold or lawful money at any federal reserve bank. Thanks, Andy