Paper Currency Collection, 1767-1973

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Title:: Paper Currency Collection
Dates:: 1767-1973
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Extent:: (Boxes: ½ width; ½ legal)
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Preferred citation:: Paper Currency Collection. Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

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.

Collection Guide Author:: Finding aid created by Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County staff.
Date Prepared:: 1767-1973
Date Encoded:: This finding aid was produced using Record Express for OAC5 on July 14, 2025, 2:55 p.m.

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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:: Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

900 Exposition Boulevard

Los Angeles, CA 90007-4057, US