Depression Scrip
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A History & Catalog of Minnesota Obsolete Bank Notes & Scrip has detailed articles about this and other major categories of obsolete bank notes. Order your copy from the books section of R. M. Smythe & Co. today. The Great Depression, and in particular, the Bank Holiday declared by President Roosevelt in 1933, led to a number of emergency money issues. Some were aimed at helping the impoverished and unemployed. Others were temporary substitutes for currency during the bank holiday.
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