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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;RickieB, post: 285075, member: 2486&quot;]Howdy..</p><p>It is the &quot;Currency Act of 1863&quot;&nbsp; preceded by the Act of&nbsp; July 17 1862 where postage stamps were legal currency.</p><p><br /></p><p>David Q. Bowers has a good synopsis of this in the Red Books Guide to US Currency pg 33 in the introduction.</p><p><br /></p><p>First Issue: AUg 21, 1862 to May 27, 1863</p><p>Second Issue: Oct 20, 1863 to Feb 23, 1867</p><p>Third Issue: Dec 5, 1864 to AUg 16, 1869</p><p>Fourth Issue:</p><p>July 14, 1869 to Feb 16, 1875</p><p>Fith Issue: Feb 26, 1874 to Feb 15, 1875</p><p><br /></p><p>My BDay is Feb 16th and this is one of the reasons I collect the 4th and 5th Issues of the fractionals..</p><p>Silly huh??</p><p><br /></p><p>Good reading..</p><p><br /></p><p>RickieB[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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