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Greenback (money)
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Greenback (1860s money)
Greenbacks
were paper currency (printed in
green
on the
back
) issued by the
United States
during the
American Civil War
. They were in two forms:
Demand Notes
, issued in 1861–1862, and
United States Notes
issued in 1862–1865. They were
legal tender
by law, but were not backed by
gold
or
silver
, only the credibility of the U.S. government.
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