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A paper note printed by the Treasury or by one of the Federal Reserve Banks under authority of the treasury having the value of one dollar Also five dollar bill ten dollar bill etc notes with the value of five ten etc dollars Prior to 1964 such notes could be redeemed for the equivalent dollar value in silver coins but in that year the backing of the currency with silver was discontinued Such notes not convertible into precious metals at a fixed rate are called fiat money receiving their value solely from the good faith of the issuing government and the confidence of those using the currency...
Peso
A Spanish dollar also an Argentine Chilian Colombian etc coin equal to from 75 cents to a dollar also a pound weight...
Levy
A name formerly given in Pennsylvania Maryland and Virginia to the Spanish real of one eighth of a dollar or 1212 cents valued at eleven pence when the dollar was rated at 7s 6d...
Carolin
A former gold coin of Germany worth nearly five dollars also a gold coin of Sweden worth nearly five dollars...
Half
Consisting of a moiety or half as a half bushel a half hour a half dollar a half view...
Silver certificate
A certificate issued by a government that there has been deposited with it silver to a specified amount payable to the bearer on demand In the United States and its possessions it is issued against the deposit of silver coin and is not legal tender but is receivable for customs taxes and all public dues In the United States the redeemability in silver of silver certificates was discontinued in the 1970s they are still 1997 accepted as money at the face dollar value but cannot be redeemed in silver...
Shinplaster
Formerly a jocose term for a bank note greatly depreciated in value also for paper money of a denomination less than a dollar...
Rix dollar
A name given to several different silver coins of Denmark Holland Sweden NOrway etc varying in value from about 30 cents to 110 also a British coin worth about 36 cents used in Ceylon and at the Cape of Good Hope See Rigsdaler Riksdaler and Rixdaler...
Quarter
One of four equal parts into which anything is divided or is regarded as divided a fourth part or portion as a quarter of a dollar of a pound of a yard of an hour etc...
Piaster
A silver coin of Spain and various other countries See Peso The Spanish piaster commonly called peso or peso duro is of about the value of the American dollar The Italian piaster or scudo was worth from 80 to 100 cents The Turkish and Egyptian piasters are now worth about four and a half cents...
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