There's a really good Planet Money episode on the subject: https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2012/12/07/166747693/episode-421-the-birth-of-the-dollar-bill htt

There's a really good Planet Money episode on the subject: https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2012/12/07/166747693/episode-421-the-birth-of-the-dollar-bill https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2012/12/07/166747693/epis...