Paper Currency Collection, 1767-1973

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Summary

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Paper Currency Collection. Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

Background

Scope and content:

United States currency: early colonial and continental; pre-Civil War state-issued; Civil War-era and Confederate States of America; postage and fractional currency; and some 20th century bills. U.S. Military Payment Certificates from 20th century. Foreign currency: from a variety of countries; Japanese occupation currency from the Philippines; German World War I-era and post-war 'notgeld' inflation or emergency money; and a few allied military scrip.

Access and use

Restrictions:

Research is by appointment only

Terms of access:

Permission to publish, quote or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder

Preferred citation:

Paper Currency Collection. Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

Location of this collection:
900 Exposition Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90007-4057, US
Contact:
(213) 763-3359
seavercenter@nhm.org
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