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- A Demand Note is a type of United States paper money that was issued between August 1861 and April 1862 during the American Civil War in denominations of 5, 10, and 20 US$. Demand Notes were the first issue of paper money by the United States that achieved wide circulation and they are still in circulation today, though they are now extremely rare. The U.S. government placed the Demand Notes into circulation by using them to pay expenses incurred during the Civil War including the salaries of its workers and military personnel. Because of the distinctive green ink on their reverse, and because state-chartered bank and Confederate notes of the day typically had blank reverse, the Demand Notes were nicknamed "greenbacks", a name later inherited by United States Notes and Federal Reserve Notes. The obverse of the Demand Notes contained familiar elements such as the images of a bald eagle, Abraham Lincoln, and Alexander Hamilton, though the portraits used on Demand Notes are different from the ones seen on U.S. currency today. When Demand Notes were discontinued, their successors, the Legal Tender Notes, could not be used to pay import duties, a large part of the U.S. federal tax base at the time, and thus Demand Notes took precedence. As a result, most Demand Notes were redeemed, though the few remaining Demand Notes are the oldest valid currency in the United States today. (en)
- Un Demand Note était un billet de banque américain imprimé entre août 1861 et avril 1862 durant la guerre de Sécession pour financer l'effort de guerre des unionistes et qui était payable sur demande, d'où son nom. (fr)
- Demand Notes (populärt kallade för Greenbacks) är de skuld- och räntefria sedlar som gavs ut av den amerikanske presidenten Abraham Lincoln 1861-1862 som ett sätt att lösa den finansiella krisen och finansiera inbördeskriget. Bakgrunden var att Lincoln inte ansåg sig ha råd med de mycket höga räntor som bankerna krävde för att låna ut pengar till kriget. Den lösning han fann var att helt enkelt trycka pengarna själv och dela ut i form av löner till militärer samt som finansiering av diverse andra investeringar. Under senare delen av 1800-talet fanns vid varje val i USA ett tredje parti som förordade en återgång till ett Greenbacks-system. En nutida penningreformist som förordar en återgång till greenbacks-systemet är Ellen Hodgson Brown, USA. På bilden ser vi en kritisk samtida teckning av greenbacks-systemet. En av kommentarerna symboliserar också den kritik som riktades mot Lincoln för att kriget var alltför ineffektivt. (sv)
- 即期券（Demand Note）是美国纸币的一种，发行于1861年8月至1862年4月美国南北战争期间，面额有5美元、10美元、20美元。即期券是美国发行的第一种纸币，在某种意义上，广泛流传到今天的一系列的货币发行额中，即期券排在第一位。美国政府通过用即期券支付内战期间产生的包含政府工作人员和军事人员工资在内的费用，从而将它投放于货币流通市场。 同时期州特许银行及邦联发行钞票背面为空白，即期券因其背面以绿色油墨印刷获得“绿背”绰号；该名由美国券和联邦储备券所继承。即期券的正面含有许多熟悉的元素，例如白頭海雕、亚伯拉罕·林肯和亚历山大·汉密尔顿的头像，但是当时即期券上的图像跟今天所看到的美国货币图像是不同的。 当即期券被停用后，它们的替代者法定货币并没有用来支付进口税（在当时进口税占美国联邦税务的一大部分），并且即期券仍然拥有优先支付权。因此，尽管一些保留的即期券是当今美国最古老的有价值的货币，但是许多即期券还是被收回。 (zh)
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