The greenback is now called "funny money". For a reason.
The greenback is now called "funny money". For a reason.
The joke is on us.
The greenback was the paper money issued by Lincoln to pay for his war- which resulted in a run on gold at the time. You could find greenbacks as late as the 1963 currency issue- you can identify them by the legend "U.S. Note" in place of the more common "Federal Reserve Note".