Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 199, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 August 1918 — TWO NEW GREENBACKS NOW IN CIRCULATION [ARTICLE]

TWO NEW GREENBACKS NOW IN CIRCULATION

Washington, Aug. 29. —Two new greenbacks, the first of the pations war-time currency, are in circulation. They are the $1 and $2 federal reserve bank notes, planned especially to replace the silver certificates withdrawn from circulation as the treasury’s silver reserve is melted into bullion for export to the allies. The $1 note bears a portrait of George Washington in the upper left hand corner of the face side, and otherwise resembles generally a federal reserve note. On the reverse side is shown in the center oval an eagle in full flight, typifying the nation mobilized for war. The $2 note is similar, except that it bears a portrait of Thomas Jefferson on the front and a picture of a battleship on the back.