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Page 235
... paper money was at par — until July , 1861 — and then it began to sink in value . By September of 1862 a Confederate paper dollar was worth fifty cents in gold ; by August of 1863 , twelve Confederate dollars were exchanged for a dollar ...
... paper money was at par — until July , 1861 — and then it began to sink in value . By September of 1862 a Confederate paper dollar was worth fifty cents in gold ; by August of 1863 , twelve Confederate dollars were exchanged for a dollar ...
Page 273
... paper money , without any gold reserve behind it , and without an accompanying promise of redemption at a specified time in the future , constituted a startling innovation in Ameri- can government finance . The greenback paper dollar ...
... paper money , without any gold reserve behind it , and without an accompanying promise of redemption at a specified time in the future , constituted a startling innovation in Ameri- can government finance . The greenback paper dollar ...
Page 453
... paper currency already in existence , but the opponents of the measure claimed - and probably with reason — that the bill was only an entering wedge . If it became a law , they contended , there would be other issues of paper currency ...
... paper currency already in existence , but the opponents of the measure claimed - and probably with reason — that the bill was only an entering wedge . If it became a law , they contended , there would be other issues of paper currency ...
Contents
MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FAntasies | 25 |
THE UNWILLING Soldier | 38 |
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