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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 26695892, member: 101855&quot;]Back in the late 1980s, I put together a type set of Fractional Currency. The Union Government issued these notes during the Civil War to provide 5, 10, 25 and 50 cent pieces which took the place of the coins where were hoarded. There were also 3 cent pieces which were issued for a brief time. </p><p><br /></p><p>The third issue of Fractional Currency had the most varieties. There were notes with red backs and greeen backs. When I formed my first collection, I bought only the green backs because they were cheaper. Now I&#039;m going back and looking for the red backs. I bought this 25 cent piece at a local show. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1703506[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1703507[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Here is the 25 cent piece with the green back.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1703509[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1703510[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I have read that the red backs were issued first, followed by the green backs. The government was always trying to make things harder for the counterfeiters, which was a problem with these pieces. Today, it would not be worth a counterfeiter&#039;s time to make a fake 25 cent piece or much of anything else below a dollar.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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