单词 | banknote detector |
释义 | > as lemmasbanknote detector C2. attributive. U.S. Designating a periodical or published list showing the current value of banknotes in circulation and identifying counterfeit notes, as banknote detector, banknote reporter, banknote table, etc. historical after mid 19th cent.Before 1861, banknotes in the United States were issued by privately owned banks with no federal regulation or uniformity. A uniform national currency was established by the National Banking Act of 1863.Frequently in titles of publications. ΚΠ 1823 National Advocate (N.Y.) 9 Aug. (headline) Bank note table. 1834 Reg. Deb. Congr. 23 Jan. 2523 Examine the bank note table which is almost daily furnished us in the public prints. 1839 Bangor (Maine) Daily Whig & Courier 21 Jan. (advt.) Sylvester's (new) reporter and bank note detector. 1854 Bankers' Mag. Nov. 382 Our bank-note lists teem with descriptions of the many fraudulent imitations of American bank-notes. 1855 C. R. Weld Vac. Tour U.S. & Canada viii. 217 The wretched bank-notes..are so frequently imitated that, unless the traveller is provided with a ‘Bank-Note Reporter’, published monthly, and continually consults it, he is sure to be imposed upon. 2007 R. Sylla in P. Fishback et al. Govt. & Amer. Econ. v. 135 The United States at long last obtained a uniform paper currency... No longer did money handlers have to consult banknote reporters. bank-note detector 4. In full bank-note detector: A published list of current bank-notes, formerly in use as a guide to their real value. U.S. ΚΠ 1893 Congr. Rec. 25 Aug. 936/2 We had throughout Indiana, Illinois, and Ohio what is known as blue-dog and yellow-pup, where every man had to carry a detector with him. < as lemmas |
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