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got 80 cents a day and an additional gratuitous 10 cents per day for necessities

Historical background sets the coins in the broader context of American life from the 1790s through the 1850s

it is accompanied by a Levinson reference number

Whitman Encyclopedia of Obsolete Paper Money, Volume 2 Book Manufacturer_Whitman Bright EyesThe Whitman Encyclopedia of Obsolete Paper Money is a multiple volume study of currency issued by American banks from 1782 to 1866, before the modern era of National Banks and the Federal Reserve. In volume 2, the Dean of American Numismatics, Q. David Bowers, has compiled decades of research from 18th and 19th century bank reports, contemporary newspapers, and other primary sources. He gives the history of every town and city, as well as of every