File:Canal - Transportation Issue from the C&O Canal Company in the amount of $5.jpg

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Summary

Transportation Issue from the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Company in the amount of $5. In the first half of the 19th century, U.S. banking laws allowed for almost any entity to issue currency. Most of these notes were worthless by 1860.

(From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries)

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current14:48, 17 December 2019Thumbnail for version as of 14:48, 17 December 2019728 × 545 (48 KB)HistoryCommission2 (talk | contribs)Transportation Issue from the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Company in the amount of $5. In the first half of the 19th century, U.S. banking laws allowed for almost any entity to issue currency. Most of these notes were worthless by 1860. (From the Myer Kap...

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