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Fun Fact #47
#47. The first $1 notes were issued by the Federal Government in 1862 and featured a portrait of Secretary of the Treasury Salmon P. Chase.
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#47. The first $1 notes were issued by the Federal Government in 1862 and featured a portrait of Secretary of the Treasury Salmon P. Chase.