[Ads-l] Antedating of "Greenbank" (Monetary Note)

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

Here is a match for the monetary unit "green back" a bit earlier.

Date: January 2, 1862
Newspaper: Vergennes Vermonter
Newspaper Location: Vergennes, Vermont
Article: The Pirate Alabama
Quote Page 2, Column 2
Database: Newspapers.com

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-enterprise-and-vermonter-greenback/207942859/

[Begin excerpt]
The Ariel was overhauled when passing the eastern cape of Cuba, and
the first news of it came from California, confirmed the same night by
the arrival of the Ariel. Several shots were fired before the Ariel
surrendered. The pirates also took by way of plunder, about $8,000
worth of "green backs," belonging to Wells, Forrago & Co.
[End excerpt]

Garson

On Fri, Oct 9, 2026 at 3:47 PM Shapiro, Fred
<00001ac016895344-dmarc-request at listserv.uga.edu> wrote:
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> greenback (OED, 3., 1862 [9 Apr.])
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> 1862 The Conservative (Leavenworth, Kan.) 12 Jan. 2/1 (Newspapers.com)
> When the "green-backs" (as Fox calls the Treasury notes I give out) we shall stop making war on the Treasury and begin war on the rebels.
>
> Fred Shapiro
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