Santa Claus was there on your dollars!

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> Well u guys can't believe that santa appearing in your money, it has happened during 1850. The howard banking company printed legal tender with santa claus with his reindeer on a sleigh<br /> During the period from the american revolution until 1861 legal tender were printed by the private banks. Today this printing is done by the federal goverment, anyone else doing it now is a crime.<br /> But during the 1850's as these notes were printed by private banks, they pick up traditional figures. The Santa who graces this Howard Banking Company bill is descended from Sinter Klaas, a traditional figure brought by Dutch settlers to New York in the 17th century.<br /> <br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgge6ycGTvZKg30aCxVIWQNrSQ__y4Y4I9HTrj3zrXI2FCxGLH0GDjY8SnAalWNudrH2Nrjz0XtKsXxt6ulL8QtcXGvMsH0_NtQ8Ky2qvocYpygE_NVXV69tlJsm-uLZ1em3P3W3Tb07y4/s1600/4093196908ef660acbb6bcc4cdbeee9d.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgge6ycGTvZKg30aCxVIWQNrSQ__y4Y4I9HTrj3zrXI2FCxGLH0GDjY8SnAalWNudrH2Nrjz0XtKsXxt6ulL8QtcXGvMsH0_NtQ8Ky2qvocYpygE_NVXV69tlJsm-uLZ1em3P3W3Tb07y4/s640/4093196908ef660acbb6bcc4cdbeee9d.jpg" /> </a> </div> </div>

Santa Claus was there on your dollars!

Well u guys can't believe that santa appearing in your money, it has happened during 1850. The howard banking company printed legal ten...

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