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Value of Civil War fractional currency questioned
Fort Scott ap story notes Clifford C. Cowen a gift shop owner who holds 40 three cent scripts from 1864 fractional currency. The bills are worth face value 1.20 when exchanged for current money, but numismatists value them at about 20 dollars each in good condition. Cowen believes sheets may be far more valuable, as these notes were issued to aid coin shortages during the Civil War and were not widely circulated after purchase.
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John M. Davis
Fort Scott Tribune
Fort Scott
Clifford C. Cowen
Cain
Cowen
Congress
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