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Alaskan parchment scrip
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(File:Russian-American Co - 1 Ruble (7559).jpg|thumb|Russian-American Company parchment scrip (1 Ruble))Alaskan parchment scrip was in circulation from 1816 to 1867, issued by the Russian-American Company (RAC) in the colony of Russian America. Also known as seal skin or walrus skin notes, this type of scrip was printed on parchment, and sometimes on walrus hide, in denominations of 10, 25, 50 kopecks and 1, 5, 10, and 25 rubles.- the content below is remote from Wikipedia
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Russian-American Company currency
The Russian-American Company (RAC) (full name- “the Russian-American Company under the Protection of His Imperial Majesty“) was chartered by Russian Tsar Paul I on 8 July 1799.Wheeler, 1966, p. 492. This 20-year charter granted the RAC an exclusive monopoly for any and all produce from (primarily the fur trade)Bickford, 2012.Lightfoot, 2003, p. 16. as well as the general administration of colonial Russian America. Each of the five main districts (New Archangel, Kodiak, Unalaska, Ross, and Northern Islands)Gibson, 1976, p. 177. housed a RAC store which only accepted company scripAndrews, 1916, p. 292. and charged a 35% markup on basic commodities.Zander, 1996, p. 5.Scrip Issues{| class“wikitable” style@float:right; clear: right;” All information in the issuance table is found in Zander (1996).Zander, 1996, pp. 7â12. Individual table references indicate additional reference sources for specific information.| group“nb“}}
Census
Ted Uhl, a collector and researcher of Alaskan parchment scrip, reported that 53 notes were known in 1982. Zander’s 1996 monograph published by The Russian Numismatic Society lists every reported note by denomination and serial number: 10 kopecks (22), 25 kopecks (18), 50 kopecks (10), one ruble (18), five rubles (3), 10 rubles (5), and 25 rubles (1) for a census total of 77.Zander, 1996, pp. 28–31 & 36.{{#tag:ref |Zander further reports that of the 77 known examples, 35 reside in museum collections.| group=“nb“}} It is uncertain whether an accurate census is currently maintained, but some estimates suggest between 100 and 150 notes are known.HCAA Currency Auction Catalog (Boston), 2010, p. 115.References
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{{Reflist|30em}}Bibliography
- JOURNAL, Andrews, C.L., 1916, Alaska under the Russians â Industry, Trade and Social Life, The Washington Historical Quarterly, 7, 4, 278â295, University of Washington, 40474449,
- WEB,www.pmgnotes.com/news/viewarticle.aspx?IDArticle=2851, Animal Skin Tokens â The Russian-American Company, Bickford, Ethan, 24 July 2012, Paper Money Guaranty, 16 May 2014,
- JOURNAL, Gibson, James R., 1976, Russian America in 1821, Oregon Historical Quarterly, 77, 2, 174â188, Oregon Historical Society, 20613514,
- JOURNAL, Lightfoot, Kent G., 2003, The Implications of Mercantile Colonial Practices in the North Pacific, Historical Archaeology, 37, 4, 14â28, Society for Historical Archaeology, 10.1007/BF03376620, 25617092, 161006359, free,
- JOURNAL, Uhl, Ted, 1982, Walrus Skin Money, Paper Money, 21, 1, 20â23, The Society of Paper Money Collectors,
- JOURNAL, Veltre, Douglas W., McCartney, Allen P., 2002, Russian Exploitation of Aleuts and Fur Seals: The Archaeology of Eighteenth- and Early Nineteenth-Century Settlements in the Pribilof Islands, Alaska, Historical Archaeology, 36, 3, 8â17, Society for Historical Archaeology, 10.1007/BF03374356, 25617008, 163434459,
- JOURNAL, Wheeler, Mary E., 1966, The Origins of the Russian-American Company, Jahrbücher für Geschichte Osteuropas, 14, 4, 485â494, Franz Steiner Verlag, 41042948,
- BOOK, Zander, Randolph, The Alaskan Parchment Script of the Russian American Company, 1816â1867, 1996, Bellingham, WA, The Russian Numismatic Society, 42245543,
- JOURNAL, 1911, White deer skins, The Numismatist, 24, 4, 139, American Numismatic Association,books.google.com/books?id=zGc-AQAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA139,
- BOOK, 2010, HCAA Currency Auction Catalog (Boston), 3511, 115, Heritage Auctions, Inc.,books.google.com/books?id=3i89-bQGznEC, 978-1599674797,
Further reading
- JOURNAL, The Henry H. Clifford Collection â Coins of the American West, Bowers and Ruddy Galleries, Inc.,www.fortross.org/lib/65/walrus-skin-money-of-the-russian-american-company-and-coins-of-the-american-west.pdf,
- BOOK, 2010, HCAA Currency Auction Catalog (Memphis), 3510, 51, Heritage Auctions, Inc.,books.google.com/books?id=nYXdIZUSIRAC, 30 January 2014, 978-1599674674,
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