nodedef> name, id INT default 0, longid INT default 0, longest INT default 0 a,0 demand,1 note,2 is,3 type,4 of,5 united,6 states,7 paper,8 money,9 that,10 was,11 issued,12 between,13 august,14 1861,15 and,16 april,17 1862,18 during,19 the,20 american,21 civil,22 war,23 in,24 denominations,25 5,26 10,27 20,28 dollars,29 original,30 legislation,31 referred,32 to,33 currency,34 as,35 treasury,36 notes,37 term,38 applied,39 retroactively,40 because,41 were,42 redeemable,43 on,44 for,45 gold,46 coin,47 while,48 not,49 first,50 by,51 federal,52 government,53 they,54 wide,55 circulation,56 created,57 serve,58 means,59 monetary,60 exchange,61 place,62 silver,63 coins,64 vanishing,65 from,66 at,67 time,68 due,69 hoarding,70 commodities,71 u.s,72 used,73 pay,74 its,75 incurred,76 expenses,77 also,78 salaries,79 workers,80 military,81 personnel,82 once,83 public,84 learned,85 began,86 circulate,87 widely,88 had,89 distinctive,90 green,91 ink,92 reverse,93 all,94 nicknamed,95 greenbacks,96 however,97 other,98 such,99 interest,100 bearing,101 later,102 legal,103 tender,104 which,105 larger,106 quantities,107 known,108 this,109 nickname,110 obverse,111 contained,112 familiar,113 elements,114 bald,115 eagle,116 abraham,117 lincoln,118 alexander,119 hamilton,120 portraits,121 are,122 different,123 than,124 ones,125 seen,126 today,127 after,128 discontinued,129 replaced,130 with,131 like,132 thus,133 took,134 precedence,135 result,136 many,137 more,138 redeemed,139 exist,140 contents,141 hide,142 1,143 pre-issuance,144 2,145 post-issuance,146 o,147 2.1,148 production,149 figures,150 3,151 design,152 3.1,153 common,154 features,155 among,156 3.2,157 varieties,158 3.3,159 3.4,160 3.5,161 4,162 collecting,163 ability,164 see,165 6,166 references,167 edit,168 outbreak,169 union,170 needed,171 funding,172 efforts,173 employees,174 congress,175 responded,176 passing,177 act,178 july,179 17,180 allowed,181 250,000,000,182 be,183 borrowed,184 credit,185 sum,186 50,000,000,187 non-interest,188 less,189 fifty,190 ten,191 through,192 assistant,193 treasurers,194 offices,195 philadelphia,196 boston,197 new,198 york,199 hand,200 signed,201 or,202 second,203 comptroller,204 register,205 treasurer,206 supposed,207 counter-signed,208 any,209 officials,210 designated,211 secretary,212 these,213 signature,214 provisions,215 would,216 altered,217 several,218 times,219 stipulated,220 prior,221 december,222 31,223 an,224 individual,225 could,226 re-issued,227 into,228 it,229 presented,230 redemption,231 never,232 specified,233 what,234 another,235 reason,236 issuance,237 disappearance,238 government-issued,239 only,240 form,241 panic,242 drove,243 people,244 hoard,245 their,246 precious,247 metal,248 content.[2,249 reserves,250 become,251 depleted,252 issuing,253 ensured,254 supplies,255 easily,256 maintained.[3,257 readily,258 available,259 international,260 trade.[2,261 just,262 before,263 issue,264 led,265 modifications,266 treasurer's,267 office,268 st,269 louis,270 depository,271 cincinnati,272 stated,273 official,274 appointed,275 should,276 sign,277 under,278 did,279 need,280 carry,281 seal,282 bureau,283 engraving,284 printing,285 bank,286 company,287 national,288 contracted,289 create,290 both,291 companies,292 prominent,293 printers,294 banknotes,295 private,296 state-chartered,297 banks,298 throughout,299 country,300 most,301 likely,302 engraved,303 plates,304 printed,305 company.[5,306 idea,307 circulating,308 medium,309 lieu,310 then,311 1815,312 intended,313 coinage,314 retrospectively,315 small,316 some,317 3,392,994,318 50.[6,319 far,320 amount,321 50,322 million,323 authorized,324 but,325 circulated,326 almost,327 exclusively,328 eastern,329 rampant,330 exception,331 western,332 where,333 generally,334 very,335 and/or,336 publicly,337 accepted,338 types,339 predominately,340 useful,341 close,342 proximity,343 value,344 banknote,345 based,346 upon,347 nearby,348 location,349 essential,350 locations,351 making,352 them,353 nationally,354 usable,355 enable,356 essentially,357 broadly-circulating,358 initially,359 various,360 merchants,361 especially,362 rail,363 road,364 industry,365 discounted,366 rate,367 accept,368 order,369 ease,370 distrust,371 newly,372 circular,373 sent,374 payment,375 instructed,376 redeem,377 if,378 requested,379 willingness,380 well,381 put,382 par,383 purchasing,384 power,385 willing,386 notes.[5,387 hand-signed,388 f.e,389 spinner,390 l.e,391 chittenden,392 proved,393 unfeasible,394 procurators,395 seventy,396 women,397 hired,398 annual,399 salary,400 1,200,401 distinction,402 written,403 indicate,404 being,405 apparently,406 skilled,407 even,408 imitate,409 spinner.[5,410 late,411 added,412 simplify,413 hand-signing,414 operation,415 stopped,416 payable,417 days,418 revising,419 the".[7,420 28,421 worsening,422 economic,423 situation,424 forced,425 stop,426 redeeming,427 appear,428 treasures,429 great,430 numbers,431 february,432 12,433 additional,434 10,000,000,435 issued.[8,436 brought,437 final,438 possible,439 60,000,000,440 long,441 full,442 been,443 soon,444 followed,445 1863-issue,446 similar,447 respective,448 minor,449 changes,450 made,451 along,452 addition,453 unlike,454 despite,455 statement,456 will,457 bearer,458 promises,459 still,460 traded,461 premium,462 greater,463 over,464 depreciated,465 department,466 started,467 withdraw,468 advantage,469 practice,470 having,471 year,472 became,473 rarity,474 edgedef>node1,node2 a,demand demand,note note,is is,a a,type type,of of,united united,states states,paper paper,money money,that that,was was,issued issued,between between,august august,1861 1861,and and,april april,1862 1862,during during,the the,american american,civil civil,war war,in in,denominations denominations,of of,5 5,10 10,and and,20 20,dollars dollars,original original,legislation legislation,referred referred,to to,the the,currency currency,as as,treasury treasury,notes notes,the the,term term,demand demand,note note,was was,applied applied,retroactively retroactively,because because,the the,notes notes,were were,redeemable redeemable,on on,demand demand,for for,gold gold,coin coin,while while,demand demand,notes notes,were were,not not,the the,first first,type type,of of,paper paper,money money,issued issued,by by,the the,united united,states states,federal federal,government government,they they,were were,the the,first first,in in,wide wide,circulation circulation,demand demand,notes notes,were were,created created,to to,serve serve,as as,a a,means means,of of,monetary monetary,exchange exchange,in in,place place,of of,gold gold,and and,silver silver,coins coins,that that,were were,vanishing vanishing,from from,circulation circulation,at at,the the,time time,due due,to to,hoarding hoarding,of of,commodities commodities,the the,u.s u.s,government government,used used,the the,notes notes,to to,pay pay,its its,incurred incurred,expenses expenses,and and,also also,to to,pay pay,the the,salaries salaries,of of,its its,workers workers,and and,military military,personnel personnel,once once,the the,public public,learned learned,the the,notes notes,were were,redeemable redeemable,in in,gold gold,coin coin,the the,notes notes,began began,to to,circulate circulate,as as,widely widely,as as,gold gold,and and,silver silver,coins coins,had had,because because,of of,the the,distinctive distinctive,green green,ink ink,used used,on on,the the,reverse reverse,of of,all all,demand demand,notes notes,the the,notes notes,were were,nicknamed nicknamed,greenbacks greenbacks,however however,other other,u.s u.s,government government,issued issued,notes notes,of of,the the,time time,such such,as as,interest interest,bearing bearing,notes notes,and and,the the,later later,legal legal,tender tender,notes notes,which which,issued issued,in in,larger larger,quantities quantities,were were,also also,known known,by by,this this,nickname nickname,the the,obverse obverse,of of,the the,notes notes,contained contained,familiar familiar,elements elements,such such,as as,a a,bald bald,eagle eagle,abraham abraham,lincoln lincoln,and and,alexander alexander,hamilton hamilton,the the,portraits portraits,used used,on on,demand demand,notes notes,are are,different different,than than,the the,ones ones,seen seen,on on,u.s u.s,currency currency,today today,after after,demand demand,notes notes,were were,discontinued discontinued,they they,were were,replaced replaced,with with,legal legal,tender tender,notes notes,legal legal,tender tender,notes notes,of of,the the,time time,however however,were were,not not,redeemable redeemable,in in,coin coin,like like,demand demand,notes notes,and and,thus thus,demand demand,notes notes,took took,precedence precedence,as as,a a,result result,many many,more more,demand demand,notes notes,were were,redeemed redeemed,and and,not not,as as,many many,notes notes,exist exist,today today,contents contents,hide hide,null null,1 1,pre-issuance pre-issuance,null null,2 2,post-issuance post-issuance,o o,2.1 2.1,production production,figures figures,null null,3 3,design design,o o,3.1 3.1,common common,features features,among among,denominations denominations,o o,3.2 3.2,common common,varieties varieties,among among,denominations denominations,o o,3.3 3.3,5 5,notes notes,o o,3.4 3.4,10 10,notes notes,o o,3.5 3.5,20 20,notes notes,null null,4 4,collecting collecting,ability ability,null null,5 5,see see,also also,null null,6 6,references references,edit edit,pre-issuance pre-issuance,after after,the the,outbreak outbreak,of of,the the,civil civil,war war,in in,1861 1861,the the,union union,needed needed,funding funding,for for,its its,war war,efforts efforts,and and,to to,pay pay,its its,employees employees,congress congress,responded responded,by by,passing passing,the the,act act,of of,july july,17 17,1861 1861,which which,allowed allowed,for for,250,000,000 250,000,000,to to,be be,borrowed borrowed,on on,the the,credit credit,of of,the the,united united,states states,of of,this this,sum sum,50,000,000 50,000,000,was was,to to,be be,issued issued,in in,non-interest non-interest,bearing bearing,demand demand,notes notes,in in,denominations denominations,less less,than than,fifty fifty,dollars dollars,and and,not not,less less,than than,ten ten,dollars dollars,the the,notes notes,were were,to to,be be,redeemable redeemable,through through,the the,assistant assistant,treasurers treasurers,offices offices,at at,philadelphia philadelphia,boston boston,and and,new new,york york,they they,were were,to to,be be,hand hand,signed signed,by by,the the,first first,or or,second second,comptroller comptroller,of of,currency currency,or or,the the,register register,of of,the the,treasurer treasurer,they they,were were,also also,supposed supposed,to to,be be,counter-signed counter-signed,by by,any any,other other,treasury treasury,officials officials,designated designated,by by,the the,secretary secretary,of of,the the,treasury treasury,these these,signature signature,provisions provisions,would would,later later,be be,altered altered,several several,times times,this this,act act,also also,stipulated stipulated,that that,prior prior,to to,december december,31 31,1862 1862,an an,individual individual,demand demand,note note,could could,be be,re-issued re-issued,into into,circulation circulation,after after,it it,was was,presented presented,for for,redemption redemption,this this,act act,however however,never never,specified specified,what what,the the,notes notes,could could,be be,redeemed redeemed,for for,1 1,another another,reason reason,for for,demand demand,notes notes,issuance issuance,was was,the the,disappearance disappearance,of of,gold gold,and and,silver silver,coins coins,from from,circulation circulation,these these,government-issued government-issued,coins coins,were were,the the,only only,form form,of of,legal legal,tender tender,at at,the the,time time,the the,panic panic,of of,war war,drove drove,people people,to to,hoard hoard,coins coins,due due,to to,their their,precious precious,metal metal,content.[2 content.[2,the the,reserves reserves,of of,gold gold,and and,silver silver,of of,the the,united united,states states,began began,to to,become become,depleted depleted,issuing issuing,paper paper,money money,ensured ensured,that that,supplies supplies,could could,more more,easily easily,be be,maintained.[3 maintained.[3,also also,gold gold,and and,silver silver,could could,be be,more more,readily readily,available available,for for,international international,trade.[2 trade.[2,just just,before before,their their,issue issue,the the,act act,of of,august august,5 5,1861 1861,led led,to to,several several,modifications modifications,to to,the the,issuing issuing,of of,demand demand,notes notes,it it,allowed allowed,for for,demand demand,notes notes,to to,be be,issued issued,in in,denominations denominations,of of,not not,less less,than than,5 5,and and,be be,redeemable redeemable,through through,the the,assistant assistant,treasurer's treasurer's,office office,at at,st st,louis louis,or or,the the,depository depository,in in,cincinnati cincinnati,this this,act act,also also,stated stated,that that,treasurer treasurer,of of,the the,u.s u.s,and and,register register,of of,the the,treasury treasury,or or,any any,treasury treasury,official official,appointed appointed,by by,the the,secretary secretary,of of,the the,treasury treasury,should should,sign sign,the the,notes notes,under under,this this,act act,demand demand,notes notes,did did,not not,need need,to to,carry carry,the the,seal seal,of of,the the,u.s u.s,treasury treasury,4 4,because because,the the,bureau bureau,of of,engraving engraving,and and,printing printing,did did,not not,exist exist,at at,the the,time time,the the,american american,bank bank,note note,company company,and and,national national,bank bank,note note,company company,were were,contracted contracted,to to,create create,demand demand,notes notes,both both,companies companies,were were,prominent prominent,printers printers,of of,banknotes banknotes,for for,private private,and and,state-chartered state-chartered,banks banks,throughout throughout,the the,country country,most most,likely likely,the the,american american,bank bank,note note,company company,engraved engraved,the the,printing printing,plates plates,for for,5 5,and and,10 10,notes notes,while while,the the,national national,bank bank,note note,company company,engraved engraved,the the,printing printing,plates plates,for for,the the,20 20,notes notes,all all,of of,the the,demand demand,notes notes,were were,printed printed,by by,the the,american american,bank bank,note note,company.[5 company.[5,the the,idea idea,of of,issuing issuing,paper paper,money money,as as,a a,circulating circulating,medium medium,in in,lieu lieu,of of,precious precious,metal metal,coins coins,was was,not not,a a,new new,idea idea,then then,only only,once once,however however,in in,1815 1815,had had,the the,u.s u.s,treasury treasury,issued issued,non-interest non-interest,bearing bearing,notes notes,that that,were were,intended intended,to to,circulate circulate,in in,the the,place place,of of,coinage coinage,these these,are are,retrospectively retrospectively,referred referred,to to,as as,small small,treasury treasury,notes notes,some some,3,392,994 3,392,994,were were,issued issued,in in,denominations denominations,of of,3 3,5 5,10 10,20 20,and and,50.[6 50.[6,this this,was was,far far,less less,of of,an an,amount amount,than than,the the,50 50,million million,dollars dollars,authorized authorized,for for,demand demand,notes notes,however however,not not,only only,that that,but but,small small,treasury treasury,notes notes,circulated circulated,almost almost,exclusively exclusively,to to,the the,eastern eastern,united united,states states,banknotes banknotes,issued issued,by by,private private,and and,state-chartered state-chartered,banks banks,however however,were were,rampant rampant,throughout throughout,the the,country country,at at,the the,time time,with with,the the,exception exception,of of,the the,western western,united united,states states,where where,paper paper,money money,generally generally,was was,not not,very very,common common,and/or and/or,publicly publicly,accepted accepted,these these,types types,of of,banknotes banknotes,were were,predominately predominately,only only,useful useful,in in,a a,close close,proximity proximity,to to,the the,issuing issuing,bank bank,the the,value value,of of,a a,banknote banknote,was was,based based,upon upon,its its,ability ability,to to,be be,redeemed redeemed,in in,coin coin,thus thus,a a,nearby nearby,bank bank,location location,was was,essential essential,demand demand,notes notes,on on,the the,other other,hand hand,would would,later later,be be,redeemable redeemable,at at,5 5,u.s u.s,government government,locations locations,throughout throughout,the the,country country,thus thus,making making,them them,nationally nationally,usable usable,3 3,this this,would would,enable enable,demand demand,notes notes,to to,essentially essentially,become become,the the,first first,broadly-circulating broadly-circulating,non-interest non-interest,bearing bearing,paper paper,money money,issued issued,by by,the the,united united,states states,federal federal,government government,6 6,edit edit,post-issuance post-issuance,initially initially,various various,merchants merchants,banks banks,and and,especially especially,the the,rail rail,road road,industry industry,accepted accepted,the the,notes notes,at at,a a,discounted discounted,rate rate,or or,did did,not not,accept accept,them them,all all,in in,order order,to to,ease ease,public public,distrust distrust,in in,the the,newly newly,issued issued,notes notes,a a,circular circular,was was,sent sent,to to,the the,5 5,payment payment,locations locations,and and,instructed instructed,the the,assistant assistant,treasurers treasurers,to to,redeem redeem,the the,notes notes,in in,gold gold,coin coin,if if,requested requested,this this,also also,created created,willingness willingness,of of,banks banks,to to,redeem redeem,the the,notes notes,for for,coin coin,as as,well well,this this,put put,demand demand,notes notes,on on,par par,with with,the the,value value,and and,purchasing purchasing,power power,of of,gold gold,coins coins,thus thus,the the,public public,was was,more more,willing willing,to to,accept accept,the the,notes.[5 notes.[5,they they,could could,be be,redeemed redeemed,for for,silver silver,coinage coinage,as as,well well,2 2,initially initially,the the,notes notes,were were,hand-signed hand-signed,by by,f.e f.e,spinner spinner,treasurer treasurer,and and,l.e l.e,chittenden chittenden,register register,of of,the the,treasury treasury,however however,this this,proved proved,unfeasible unfeasible,and and,congress congress,authorized authorized,the the,notes notes,to to,be be,signed signed,by by,procurators procurators,seventy seventy,women women,were were,hired hired,at at,an an,annual annual,salary salary,of of,1,200 1,200,to to,sign sign,the the,notes notes,a a,distinction distinction,of of,for for,the the,was was,written written,before before,a a,signature signature,to to,indicate indicate,that that,it it,was was,being being,used used,in in,place place,of of,treasury treasury,officials officials,apparently apparently,some some,skilled skilled,women women,could could,even even,imitate imitate,the the,signature signature,of of,f.e f.e,spinner.[5 spinner.[5,in in,late late,august august,for for,the the,was was,added added,to to,printing printing,plates plates,to to,simplify simplify,the the,hand-signing hand-signing,operation operation,the the,american american,bank bank,note note,company company,stopped stopped,printing printing,notes notes,payable payable,at at,st st,louis louis,and and,cincinnati cincinnati,several several,days days,after after,revising revising,printing printing,plates plates,with with,for for,the".[7 the".[7,after after,december december,28 28,1861 1861,a a,worsening worsening,economic economic,situation situation,forced forced,banks banks,to to,stop stop,redeeming redeeming,demand demand,notes notes,for for,gold gold,coin coin,the the,notes notes,then then,began began,to to,appear appear,at at,assistant assistant,treasures treasures,offices offices,in in,great great,numbers numbers,for for,redemption redemption,2 2,the the,act act,of of,february february,12 12,1862 1862,allowed allowed,for for,an an,additional additional,10,000,000 10,000,000,in in,demand demand,notes notes,to to,be be,issued.[8 issued.[8,this this,act act,brought brought,the the,final final,possible possible,amount amount,of of,demand demand,notes notes,that that,could could,be be,issued issued,to to,a a,sum sum,of of,60,000,000 60,000,000,not not,long long,after after,on on,april april,1 1,1862 1862,the the,full full,60,000,000 60,000,000,in in,demand demand,notes notes,had had,been been,issued issued,issuance issuance,of of,legal legal,tender tender,notes notes,soon soon,followed followed,demand demand,notes notes,the the,obverse obverse,of of,1862 1862,and and,1863-issue 1863-issue,5 5,10 10,and and,20 20,legal legal,tender tender,notes notes,were were,very very,similar similar,in in,design design,to to,the the,respective respective,demand demand,notes notes,various various,minor minor,changes changes,were were,made made,along along,with with,the the,addition addition,of of,the the,u.s u.s,treasury treasury,seal seal,legal legal,tender tender,notes notes,unlike unlike,demand demand,notes notes,were were,not not,redeemable redeemable,in in,coin coin,despite despite,a a,statement statement,of of,will will,pay pay,to to,the the,bearer bearer,on on,demand demand,or or,promises promises,to to,pay pay,the the,bearer bearer,on on,the the,note note,demand demand,notes notes,still still,on on,par par,with with,gold gold,then then,traded traded,at at,a a,premium premium,with with,legal legal,tender tender,notes notes,and and,also also,had had,greater greater,purchasing purchasing,power power,over over,the the,newly newly,issued issued,depreciated depreciated,notes notes,once once,legal legal,tender tender,notes notes,were were,in in,circulation circulation,the the,u.s u.s,treasury treasury,department department,started started,to to,withdraw withdraw,as as,many many,demand demand,notes notes,as as,possible possible,from from,circulation circulation,the the,advantage advantage,to to,this this,practice practice,would would,be be,not not,having having,to to,redeem redeem,the the,notes notes,for for,coin coin,a a,year year,after after,their their,issuance issuance,demand demand,notes notes,became became,a a,rarity rarity,in in,circulation circulation,5