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Original – A sample of Civil War-era government "Red Tape" used to bind redeemed CSA bond coupons.
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Reason
EV, good quality (and off the beaten path)
Articles in which this image appears
Red tape +1 (Economy of the Confederate States of America)
FP category for this image
Featured pictures/History/American Civil War OR Featured pictures/Other
Creator
Confederate States of America (bond coupons), Federal government of the United States ("Red Tape"), (Image by Godot13)
From the National Numismatic Collection, NMAH, Smithsonian Institution.
  • Comment (tentative oppose) Based on the article, I'm not totally sure that this is the type of red tape that the expression "red tape" comes from. ("All American Civil War veterans' records were bound in red tape, and the difficulty in accessing them led to the modern American use of the term.") So I'm not sure of the EV. Calliopejen1 (talk) 14:35, 9 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
All of the (slightly larger) documents in the same collection bear this identifying stamp.-Godot13 (talk) 15:15, 9 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 10:50, 15 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]