The Fifth and final issue of Fractional Currency was issued for just under 2 full years being issued from February 26, 1874 to February 15, 1876. They only issued the ten cent, twenty-five cent and the fifty cent notes for this issue, which makes this set an easy set to complete. There are only a […]

On February 25th, 1863 Abraham Lincoln signed legislation entitled “An Act to provide a National Currency, secured by a Pledge of United States Stocks, and to provide for the Circulation and Redemption thereof,” it later became known as the National Currency Act. The requirements form achieving national bank status changed during the note issuing period, […]