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  • Descriptive Summary
  • Access
  • Publication Rights
  • Preferred Citation
  • Acquisition Information
  • Scope and Content of Collection
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  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: Paper Currency Collection
    Dates: 1767-1973
    Collection Number: GC 1141
    Creator/Collector:
    Extent: (Boxes: ½ width; ½ legal)
    Repository: Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
    Los Angeles, California 90007-4057
    Abstract: 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.
    Language of Material: English

    Access

    Research is by appointment only

    Publication Rights

    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

    Scope and Content of Collection

    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.