Paper Currency Collection
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Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
2016
900 Exposition Boulevard
Los Angeles, California 90007-4057
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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
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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.