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Postage currency

Postage currency

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Titles: Postage currency (Supplied title)

Description: United States postage currency note. Denomination of twenty-five (25) cents. It reads, in part, "RECEIVABLE FOR POSTAGE STAMPS / AT ANY US POST OFFICE" and "Exchangeable for United States Notes / by any Assistant Treasurer / or designated U.S. Depositary / in sums not less than / FIVE DOLLARS". A portrait of Thomas Jefferson is repeated five times on the front of the note.

Dates

  • Not earlier than 07/17/1862 - 1862 (Act of July 17, 1862) (Creation)

Creation

Identifiers

  • Accession Number: 8442.2

Holding Type: 3D Objects

Quantity: 1 item

Format

  • Content Category: artifacts

Measurements

  • 2 5/8 inches width
  • 1 7/8 inches height

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Postage currency

Collections items are not for sale.
A reproduction can be purchased.

Postage currency

Collections items are not for sale.
A reproduction can be purchased.