The auction of a five dollar gold piece at
The auction of a five dollar gold piece at Danville, near the North Carolina border 1860s. The value of the Southern paper currency, called graybacks, fell from 1 to 1 value against gold in 1860, to 65 to 1, at the end of the US Civil War
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13124885
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45373369
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3000px x 2156px
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Mary Evans / The Everett Collection
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Courtesy Everett Collection
