Collecting U.S. Currency – The Basics Part 2

In our last blog, we took a look at the major types of large size U.S. currency that circulated between 1861 and 1929. This week, we’ll review the major types of small size currency that has circulated for roughly the last 90 years. Realistically, almost no one is left alive who remembers large size notes in extensive circulation, as by the early 1930s they were effectively gone from the wallets and cash registers of the nation.

So with that introduction, we’ll look at the six major types of small size notes that have been printed since 1929. Bear in mind as well, that for nearly 50 years now, the only types of notes circulating have been the green seal Federal Reserve Notes, so anyone who remembers blue seal Silver Certificates or red seal United States notes in circulation probably has at least a few grey hairs around their temples.

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