Metal objects represented money as early as B. Lydians started using coins in the 7th century B. Earliest forms of paper money were developed in China during the Tang Dynasty - A. In the United States, the first paper money created in was called a bill of credit , and represented the colony's obligation to the soldiers. Soldiers could spend or trade the colony's IOU just like silver and gold coins.
During the revolution of , colonial leaders tried to replicate Massachusetts' paper experiment on a wider scale, but the newly-christened continentals lacked any backing, such as silver or gold. On a small scale, it may have worked, but so much money was printed that rapid inflation stripped them of all their value.
Less than years later, in , two competing currencies were used to finance the opposing sides of the Civil War. Their values fluctuated with the fortunes of the war. Yet, it wasn't until the National Banks Act after the civil war that the U. These disparate currencies were taxed out of existence in the following decades and replaced with national bank notes, giving the U.
The Federal Reserve Act of created a national banking system that could keep up with the changing financial needs of the country. The Federal Reserve Board then issued the first federal note the form of a ten-dollar bill in Designs on the notes would not change again until , when a series of improvements were made to make the U. New England Historical Society. Coin World. World History Encyclopedia. National Bank of Belgium. Van Court, Printer, Accessed June 20, Massachusetts Historical Society.
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