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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;longnine009, post: 2056684, member: 1886&quot;]I was looking for something the other day and found a copy of&nbsp; The Numismatist from August 1915 that I&#039;d forgotten all about. One of the articles was about Battle Field and Seige money.</p><p><br /></p><p>The French, in 1915 were printing notes right at the front to pay soldiers. And it had been done before.</p><p><br /></p><p>During the Boer War they had a field mint at Ladysmith that struck gold coins to pay soldiers. During the Williamite War between, England and Ireland, the Irish struck gun money from base metal, some of which were melted cannons. They were to be redeemed, with interest, in silver coins after the war. Which didn&#039;t happen.</p><p><br /></p><p>And then there was the Richmond dollars. They were seige money struck inside Richmond during General Grant&#039;s seige of the city. The dies of which: &quot;...It is currently said, by the way, that the dies for these dollars were cut by a couple of Londoners who had enlisted in the Confederate Army, and who had originally been compelled to leave their native London in a hurry because of the misapplied enterprise they had shown there in making money at their own private &#039;mints...&#039;&quot;&nbsp; [<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> You mean counterfeiting?]</p><p><br /></p><p>I never heard of the Richmond dollars. But I&#039;d love to see one of those suckers. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]378550[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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