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[Fiat Money]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03972.09 Author/Creator: Place Written: Various Places Type: Printed document Date: 1868 Pagination: 2p. : Height: 9.5 cm, Width: 21.3 cm Order a Copy

"Fifty Dollars. Redeemable nowhere, in nothing and by nobody. Issued in accordance with the Fiat of the Gran Conclave of the National Commune. Approved Feb'y 30th, 1878 "

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