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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824697803321

Autore

Shafer Neil

Titolo

Panic scrip of 1893, 1907 and 1914 : an illustrated catalog of emergency monetary issues / / Neil Shafer and Tom Sheehan ; edited by Fred Reed

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Jefferson, North Carolina : , : McFarland & Company, Inc., , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

1-4766-0570-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (415 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SheehanTom

ReedFred

Disciplina

769.5/5

769.55

769.55973

Soggetti

Emergency currency - United States

Money - United States - History

Currency crises - United States - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Scrip from the panic of 1893 -- pt. 2. Scrip from the panic of 1907 -- pt. 3. Scrip from the financial crisis of 1914.

Sommario/riassunto

"This extensively illustrated work catalogs all known U.S. emergency currency issues of the panics of 1893, 1907 and 1914. Nearly 900 photographs show most types of these privately produced substitutes for money. The book includes contextual historical information and authoritative appendices by Steve Whitfield on labor scrip and Loren Gatch on the background leading to these currency issues"--