Legal tender has everything to do with the government—no law mandated any private business to accept government-issued money. That being said,...
Don't confuse being redeemable for gold (practical use) with being legal tender (legal use). They are not the same thing. Until 1933, only gold...
The basic differences were (a) gold certificates were legal tender for all debts and payments, but Federal Reserve notes were not; and (b) gold...
**The basic difference is Type 1 notes have serial numbers with both prefix & suffix letters, whereas Type 2 only have a prefix letter. The next...
Collecting food coupons inherently includes obtaining them through exchange for money. I would preclude that as one of the "other purposes"...
For $1 SCs, the last wide back plate was 5015, and the first narrow back plate was 5017. There is no need to measure anything.
Both the 19th century legal tender acts and national banking acts provided for $3 notes, but this does not translate into "had plans to do so."...
Districts such as New York, Chicago and San Francisco serve highly populated areas. New York also supplies U.S. currency for foreign needs....
"The fact remains that it would be so very easy and inexpensive to counterfeit these coupons, and who would be able to authenticate them?" Your...
"...it's the Government's legislation." If you are going to reference government legislation, please back it up. I would like to know where the...
The concern for counterfeiting is baseless. S.N.A.P. uses debit cards - not paper coupons. Anyone presenting coupons, genuine or not, as payment...
From the "Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008." SEC. 4115. ISSUANCE AND USE OF PROGRAM BENEFITS (3) DEVALUATION AND TERMINATION OF...
The remnant of the face image appears too full to me to be underinked; I still vote washed. Besides, the severe circulation of the note indicates...
If this was a geniune missing second-print error there would be no image of the face. The note has been severly washed.
Oh...my mistake. Yes, the clauses on the 1928s were very different, and obliged the Treasury to redeem the notes in gold. I was correct in my...
Different text size was used on the 1928/34 and the 1950 series; otherwise, the wording is the same.
The book is wrong. All 1950 series FRNs have an identical obligation, which is the same obligation used on all 1934 series FRNs. The obligation...
The BEP's final step in producing a printing plate for normal use was to certify it. For every plate, the BEP printed a proof on thick paper stock...
The BEP certified four $50 macro back plates, serials 163-166, but apparently they never used them. It's one of the mysteries I am trying to...
The standard guide to WWII ghetto scrip and concentration camp money is Silent Witness by Feller. The momumental reference World War II...
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