(historical, US) A member of the Greenback Party, who supported greenback or paper money, and opposed the resumption of specie payments (see Specie Payment Resumption Act).
(historical, US) A member of the Greenback Party, who supported greenback or paper money, and opposed the resumption of specie payments (see Specie Payment Resumption Act).
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(historical) A unit of American currency issued during the Civil War by the Treasury Department.
(US, banking, historical) Of paper money, printed with green ink on the back, particularly during the Civil War era.
The United States dollar.
(US) Any bill that is legal tender in the US (originally printed with green and black ink) issued by the Federal Reserve.
(historical, US, colloquial) A Confederate States dollar during the US Civil War.