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Getting into the currency business
Getting into the currency business
A bill issued by the Berkshire Bank in 1806
The Old Berkshire Mill produced mostly paper for books and journals. The mill landed a currency contract in 1806 making paper bank notes for the regional Berkshire Bank, according to Crane & Co. resident historian Peter Hopkins.


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