0.25 Linear Feet, 3 in. (1 small flat storage box)
Location
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown,
WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / Fax: 304-293-3981 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
Language
English
Abstract
A collection of United States, Confederate States, Continental, and Colonial currency. Also includes the state currencies
of Alabama, Georgia, Delaware, and Virginia; the currency of Augusta County, and the city of Portsmouth, Va.; bank notes from
Washington, D.C.; Clarksburg, Weston, and Charleston, W. Va.; Augusta, Norfolk, and Richmond, Va.; Baltimore, Maryland; Charleston,
S.C.; and Connecticut, Ohio, and PA. Some of the notes are counterfeit, or forgeries. Also includes one large copper one cent
piece 1841 U.S. Currency bearing the inscription "Millions For Defense, Not One Cent for Tribute". See the collection inventory
for a listing of items with dates and numbers, sources, and earlier accession dates.
Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.
Conditions Governing Access
No special access restriction applies.
Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Currency Collection, A&M 2096, West Virginia and Regional History Center,
West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
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