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When US currency was a showcase for art: 1876

Five Dollars: The Paper Currency of 1876 is a fascinating look at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing's decision in 1876 to use paper money as a "showcase for art." The bills are really lush and lovely, like the ceilings of a brothel in a old western movie. Link (via Oblomovka) 

http://flyingmoose.org/truthfic/1896.htm