David P. Wollowick Currency collection, 1976-01-01
Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Wollowick, David P., Dr.
- Extent:
- 7 folders
- Language:
- English
Background
- Scope and content:
The USF Library's David P. Wollowick Currency Collection contains items dating from the 1760s to the 1950s, with the bulk from the1850s through the 1860s. During this period there was no centralized American banking system so states, townships, and individual banks issued their own currency. The "Free Banking" movement of the period proclaimed citizens' right to set up banks rather than the states, leading many businesses to print their own currency as well. Bank Notes of America, 1859 listed 9,916 notes issued by 1,365 banks, with roughly another 200 banknotes omitted from their listing.
The Wollowick Collection contains banknotes printed by regional banks and companies including the Franklin Silk Co. (Ohio), Van De Bogert Bros. (New York), and the Timber Cutters Bank (Georgia), among others. The collection also holds the official currency printed by twenty-four states and the Dominion of Canada, denominations ranging from $0.05 to $1,000.
The Wollowick Collection also features an extensive selection of notes printed by the Confederate States of America during the Civil War. Confederate notes were first printed in 1861 and ran through 1864, with 72 major types created. These held little monetary value due to the lack of Gold and Silver reserves by the Confederacy and their setbacks on the battlefield. The collection contains each style of note printed from April 1861 to February 1864 and covers each denomination from fifty cents to a thousand-dollar notes.
- Physical facet:
- Black three-ring binders
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
Access and use
- Location of this collection:
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The University of South Florida, Tampa Campus4202 East Fowler Ave. LIB122TampaFL33620-5400USA
