The Janet A. Ginsburg Chicago Tribune Collection

Currency inflation leads to chaos : specimen of railroad scrip

A specimen of a railroad scrip from 1854. It could be redeemed for two dollars of real money.


1933-12-31

7 x 15.5 cm

Tribune Company

black and white

  • English

  • still image
  • text

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  • The Janet A. Ginsburg Chicago Tribune Image Collection

  • Chicago Sunday Tribune (December 31, 1933), p. 4

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