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CVRR Money
Credit: Courtesy of the Pennsylvania State Archives
Like banks and insurance companies railroads in the early 1800s issued their own money, called scrip, backed only by the full faith and credit of the railroad's board of directors.
Credit: Courtesy of the Pennsylvania State Archives
Like banks and insurance companies railroads in the early 1800s issued their own money, called scrip, backed only by the full faith and credit of the railroad's board of directors.
