Some 4rth issue Fractional US currency I picked up.

I always wanted to get into correctional currency at some point, and that point has now arrived.

I started with the 10 cents:



And my most recent addition is the 50 cents.



Feel free to post and share your own fractional currency.

 

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Fractionals are on my bucket list but just not right now. Looking at the prices in multiple guides, looks like a type set of the 25 different notes should be obtainable with just a bit of patience -- there's no super-expensive stoppers.

 

Good luck, I completed a set a couple of years ago. You already have one of the best ones (Lincoln). It's a nice example.

 

I'm unfamiliar with these. What year were they issued and what about their history? Why not coins?

 

They were issued during the Civil War because there was a severe shortage of coins available in circulation for commerce.