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The People's Money [156117]

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:50.00 USD Estimated At:100.00 - 300.00 USD
The People's Money [156117]
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Two notes issued by Dennis Kearney and Benjamin F. Butler satirizing legal tender. One Hundred Dollars "absolute money", in nothing , at no time, and by nobody, series of 1878. Vignettes of both Kearney and Butler, some tears around the edges. Second note is 1000 dollars of absolute irredeemable money. EF-AU condition. Butler parlayed his victory in the 1882 Juilliard v. Greenman decision (allowing government to issue paper money) into a run for president in 1884. Butler was nominated by the Greenback and Anti-Monopoly parties, but lost to Grover Cleveland.

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