Paper Currency Collection

Finding aid created by Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County staff using RecordEXPRESS
Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
900 Exposition Boulevard
Los Angeles, California 90007-4057
(213) 763-3359
seavercenter@nhm.org.
http://www.nhm.org/site/research-collections/seaver-center
2016


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

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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 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.