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Hello! This is a note to let the editors of this article know that File:US Postal Currency 5 cent 1862 1863.jpg will be appearing as picture of the day on June 17, 2013. You can view and edit the POTD blurb at Template:POTD/2013-06-17. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page. Thanks! — Crisco 1492 (talk) 15:54, 1 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

US Postal Currency
Postal Currency was introduced as an emergency measure during the American Civil War after people began hoarding gold, silver and copper coins, which disrupted everyday commerce. The United States Post Office Department was authorized to print paper money in small denominations, but the notes issued from August 21, 1862, through May 27, 1863, were officially only redeemable for postage stamps.Notes: United States Post Office Department; scan: Michael Holley

Merger and reformat proposal

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If there is no objection, I would like to merge this article with Fractional currency under the name Fractional currency, turn it into a list-class article, add a table with a complete type-set of high resolution images from the Smithsonian, and prep it to go to FLC. I would appreciate help with the merge so as not to loose the edit history data. I would then replace the text with essentially the same text, reorganized, edited, and fully referenced. Thanks-Godot13 (talk) 01:19, 23 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]