单词 | postal currency |
释义 | > as lemmaspostal currency postal currency n. U.S. (now historical) = postage currency n. at postage n.1 Compounds. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > paper money > foreign banknotes > [noun] > U.S. long green1837 wild cat1861 greenback1862 postage currency1862 postage-stamp currency1862 postal currency1862 blueback1863 fractional note1863 greyback1863 yellowback1863 goldback1865 Sherman1892 1862 Washington Republican 23 Aug. 2/1 Specimens of the new Postal Currency were received in this city this morning.., they are now for sale in exchange for specie. 1906 ‘M. Twain’ Lett. to Sec. of Treasury 229 25 and 50 cent postal currency. 2002 Columbus Dispatch (Ohio) (Nexis) 5 May 7 g The government replaced them [sc. postage stamps] with low-denomination bills called postal currency that initially mimicked stamps. < as lemmas |
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