Poster SPECIMEN FRACTIONAL CURRENCY ADVERTISER c. 1867

From around 1867, during the Civil War coins disappeared. Fractional currency produced by the Treasury and Post Office was Congress's solution to this problem. Here is a collage comprised of 39 engraved fractional currency specimen notes mounted on an engraving of the shield of the United States, with 13 stars and an eagle at the top, published by the U.S. Treasury Department; the shield is framed by cutout in a sheet on which are printed 27 advertisements for businesses in Cincinnati, Ohio.