Just as the City of New Orleans prepared to redeem the scrip issued by merchants in 1862, the printer reported sheets of unissued notes had been stolen.

What might look like the work of charlatans, Indiana obsolete bank notes actually part of 1857 state program to keep tabs on printing plates.

Two brothers involved in several businesses in southern Indiana in the 1800s issued their own paper money.

Wendell Wolka spent years assembling his collection of Ohio obsolete notes. They served as the basis for his reference book on the topic.