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    Is it true that the U.S. dollar is also referred to as a "greenback"?

    Question #108106. Asked by armindasantana. (Aug 18 09 4:09 PM)


    zbeckabee

    		Yes. Greenback is one of the nicknames for the U.S. dollar:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_dollar

    Also, buck, paper, scrillas, bones, dough, green, and greenback, Washingtons, Jeffersons, Lincolns, Benjamins, and Hamiltons are used based on denomination; also peso in Puerto Rico, and piastre in Cajun Louisiana...among others.

    Aug 18 09, 4:59 PM
    queproblema

    		The original Civil War greenbacks weren't so vividly green on the front.

    Here's a $1 note.
    https://mises.org/story/1028

    About a third of the way down this page is a picture of a $5 note you can click on to enlarge. This photo is a bit washed out; the paper actually had a greenish tinge, I believe.
    http://www.iamthewitness.com/books/Andrew.Carrington.Hitchcock/The.History.of.the.Money.Changers.htm

    Aug 19 09, 3:54 PM

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