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From the Archives: During Great Depression bank holiday, 'Prince' issued its own currency
Published: Friday, May 11th, 2012
Following President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's declaration of a four-day nationwide bank holiday during the Great Depression, The Daily Princetonian issued its own currency in denominations of 25 cents. The currency first appeared on March 7, 1933, in the form ...
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I want a piece of that scrip!
This is so cool.