skeptical about "buck" ("1856")

[Jonathan Lighter]

Can anyone confirm the accuracy or authenticity of the well-known OED cite
for "buck" 'dollar' from the _Democratic Journal_ of Sacramento in 1856?

It appears to occurs at least thirty years before any further exx., which
now makes me uncomfortable.

JL

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