Fractional currency, also referred to as shinplasters, was introduced by the United States federal government following the outbreak of the Civil War...

A fractional currency shield is a 20 in × 25 in (510 mm × 640 mm) printed "shield" on which were placed images of 39 different fractional currency notes...

worth far more as bullion). Civil War paper currency issue in denominations below $1, i.e. fractional currency, sometimes pejoratively referred to as shinplasters...

Fractional-reserve banking is the system of banking in all countries worldwide, under which banks that take deposits from the public keep only part of...

issued were 3¢, 5¢, 10¢, 15¢, 25¢ and 50¢. There were five issues of fractional currency. In 1863 and 1864, compound interest treasury notes were issued....

of George Washington standing) $500 Interest Bearing Note $1000 Fractional currency 10¢ and 50¢ first issues 5¢, 10¢, 25¢, and 50¢ second issue 3¢, and...

issued paper currency. In 1865, Congress abolished the five-cent fractional currency note after Spencer M. Clark, head of the Currency Bureau (today...

Tetri (Georgian: თეთრი) is a fractional currency used in the country of Georgia. It was put into circulation in 1995. The name tetri ("white") was adopted...

for commemorative purposes, are considered "circulating currencies". This includes fractional units that have no physical form but are recognized by the...

appeared on fractional currency, as did Francis Spinner and Spencer Clark who both approved the use of their own image on fractional currency. In 1873,...

27.07 grams of 0.917 fine silver (revised to 0.903 fine in 1771). Fractional currency was supplied by cutting the Spanish dollar coin, most commonly into...

internal government transactions. The United States also issued fractional currency for a brief time in the 1860s and 1870s, in several denominations...

from karbovanets, another currency that circulated in various periods of the country's history. In practice, the currencies were interchangeable. It became...

system where commercial banks create the new money as debt Fractional-reserve banking Hard currency Inflation hedge Modern monetary theory Money creation Money...

makeshifts. These included currency issues by cities and businesses, encased postage stamps, and federally issued fractional currency—paper notes in denominations...

with various difficulties. Money came in different coinages, and fractional currency in addition to the real and the cuarto also existed. Peso coins with...

lowest value denomination of United States paper currency since the discontinuation of U.S. fractional currency notes in 1876. An image of the first U.S. president...

Landskrona Justice in numismatics Justice holding scales, $0.50 U.S. fractional currency. (Goddesses of Justice): Astraea, Dike, Themis, Eunomia, Prudentia...

featured centesimal (1⁄100) units but now have no fractional denomination in circulation: Examples of currencies which use the cent symbol for other purposes:...

During the Civil War, the Union faced a coin shortage and issued Fractional currency depicting busts of George Washington and others, as well as allegorical...

does. Each currency typically has a main currency unit (the dollar, for example, or the euro) and a fractional unit, often defined as 1⁄100 of the main...

The Currency Act or Paper Bills of Credit Act is one of several Acts of the Parliament of Great Britain that regulated paper money issued by the colonies...

issue of silver coins, regardless of denomination, was to retire the fractional currency—low-value paper money or "shinplasters". Congress passed legislation...

Metallic Currency” was only a momentary success. His currency circulated for close to a year until the middle of 1863 when fractional currency issued by...

plates as an alternative medium to wood. Applied to the production of paper currency, copper-plate engraving allowed for greater detail and production during...

ISBN 978-0-14-240262-7. Brasher's Doubloons – Introduction Legendary Coins & Currency: Brasher Doubloon, 1787 Archived 2006-08-22 at the Wayback Machine Brasher...

Rénmínbì; lit. 'People's Currency'; symbol: ¥; ISO code: CNY; abbreviation: RMB), also known as the Chinese yuan, is the official currency of the People's Republic...

agencies are responsible for printing all paper currency and minting coins, while the treasury executes currency circulation in the domestic fiscal system....

of Continental currency banknotes, which were printed from 1775 through 1779. Banknotes of the United States dollar Continental Currency dollar coin Fugio...

popular name for the pre-decimal currencies once common throughout Europe. The abbreviation originates from the Latin currency denominations librae, solidi...