It used to be that way in the US and to some very watered down extent still in Scotland. These were all privatly issued USD notes from the 19th century: http:

It used to be that way in the US and to some very watered down extent still in Scotland. These were all privatly issued USD notes from the 19th century: http://unenumerated.blogspot.com/2008/05/bank-notes-from-free-banking-era.html http://unenumerated.blogspot.com/2008/05/bank-notes-from-fre...