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Ep. 20 – Fractional Currency and a New Financial System

Coins, Currency & American History

Coins, Currency & American History
Ep. 20 – Fractional Currency and a New Financial System
May 15, 2026 Season 1 Episode 20
Littleton Coin Company

The Civil War changed the American financial system. Its patchwork of coins and local bank notes gave way to more centralized federal paper money and one of the most practical – and collectible – innovations in our numismatic history: Fractional Currency... 

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