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They were known popularly as " greenbacks " in their heyday, a name inherited from the Demand Notes that they replaced in 1862.
These Demand Notes were paid out to creditors directly and used to meet the payroll of soldiers in the field.
While issued within the legal framework of Treasury Note Debt, the Demand Notes were intended to circulate as currency and were of the same size as and, in appearance, closely resembled banknotes.
In December 1861, economic conditions deteriorated and a suspension of specie payment led the government to cease redeeming the Demand Notes in coin.
U. S. Demand Notes — which were used, among other things, to pay Union soldiers — were unredeemable, and the value of the notes began to deteriorate.
Initially, the emission was limited to $ 150, 000, 000 total face value between the new Legal Tender Notes and the existing Demand Notes.
The Act also called for the new notes to be used to replace the Demand Notes as soon as practical.
The Demand Notes ' printed promise of payment " On Demand " was removed and the statement " This Note is a Legal Tender " was added.
The paper notes were essentially government IOUs and were called Demand Notes because they were payable " on demand " in coin at certain Treasury facilities.
At this time the government had no facility for the production of paper money so a private firm produced the Demand Notes in sheets of four.
Since land purchases and duties on imports were payable only in gold or the new Demand Notes, the Demand Notes were bought by importers and land speculators for about 97 cents on the gold dollar and never lost value.
The 1861 Demand Notes were a huge success but robbed the customs house of much needed gold coin ( interest on most bonds back then was paid in gold ).
Settler Demand Notes have been funnelled from Phrost's illegal sales of Settler hardware ( partly subsidized by the Settler faction on Inferno ) over to the Ironheads.
The only exceptions were the Demand Notes of 1861 ( the original " greenbacks ") and the first three issues of fractional ( less than a dollar ) notes in the 1860s ; in both cases the authorizing laws did not require the seal.
They were known popularly as " greenbacks " in their day, a name inherited from the Demand Notes that they replaced in 1862.
Top row: The distinctive green ink used on the backs of Demand Notes gave rise to the term " greenbacks " Bottom row: Prominent design elements used on the front of $ 5 and $ 20 Demand Notes ( located respectively under their denomination ); pictured in the middle is the front of a $ 10 Demand Note with prominent design elements listed

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She filmed The Story of a Divorce ( released by RKO Radio Pictures in 1951 as Payment on Demand ) but had received no other offers.
Demand always exceeded production, so people had to wait a long time for a new car.
Demand for a new county emerged when the rapidly growing town of Lewiston complained of the long distance it had to travel to reach Wiscasset, the county seat of Lincoln County, which Lewiston was originally in.
Demand for the strong, black porter meant the business had to move to larger premises in Chiswell Street in 1750.
Later, the series premiered on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim block on May 28, 2005, after select episodes had been aired on Adult Swim's Video On Demand service for nearly a year.
Demand for motor cars in England in the immediate aftermath of the war was far greater than the supply and Hartnett increased the automotive side of his new venture by instructing his employees to make enquiries in nearby villages with a view to locating war widows who couldn ’ t drive but whose husbands prior to enlisting had left their cars up on blocks to await their owners ’ return.
Demand had been building for quite a while, as evidenced by the one million advance orders for the single.
Demand for holiday homes had seen the average house price in the town rise from € 45, 000 in 1995 to a top of € 480, 000 in 2005.
Demand for the export style of pale ale, which had become known as " India Pale Ale ," developed in England around 1840 and India Pale Ale became a popular product in England.
Prior to being acquired, Cognos had been named to the InformationWeek 500, chosen as one of START-IT Magazine's " Hottest Companies of 2006 " and won " Best of Information On Demand Showcase " as part of the IBM Information Management Awards.
Demand outstripped production in the 1970s and the factory had to be expanded.
Demand for secondary school places in the City had also dropped precipitously and there was a huge oversupply of schools space as Liverpool's population contracted during the severe economic recession of the early 1980s.
Akimbo had also released its new RCA Akimbo Player which was a set top box that offers up to 100 hours of recording and was connected to the Akimbo Video On Demand Service.
She had her own flagship shows, including Asha Meets, an interview show, and By Demand, a live request show co-hosted with Adrian da Silva that introduced the innovative SMS-on-TV system.
It had four main syndicated programmes: a weekday mid-morning programme hosted by Phillippa Collins ( this show was only carried on a few stations, when taken over by Global radio the show was rolled out to all stations ) a weeknightly music and showbiz based programme ( formerly called ' Core Control ' and then ' Music Control ') ( weekdays 7pm to 10pm ) presented by Kam and Sally, Kam was replaced by Kevin Hughes, ' Late Night Love ' ( Sunday to Thursday 10pm to 1am ) presented by Graham Torrington ( later the show was replaced by ' the wind down ' presented by Cat James ) and Music On Demand ( 1am till Breakfast, 7 days a week ) presented by Dan Wood or Andy Henley.
Demand for the Santa Fe continued to be up but owners had several suggested changes for Hyundai.
Demand for this product was so great that it soon had international sales.
Demand for the land was further stimulated by the completion of the Newhall Branch Canal in 1772 and by the end of the 1770s, almost all of the Great Charles Street and Lionel Street area had been built up.
Because of the distinctive green ink on their reverse, and because state-chartered bank and Confederate notes of the day typically had blank reverse, the Demand Notes were nicknamed " greenbacks ", a name later inherited by Legal Tender and Federal Reserve Notes.
The Demand Notes had been intended to function as money but were authorized within the legal framework of Treasury Notes since the U. S. was not generally assumed to have the authority to issue banknotes at that time.
New York banks quickly made the certificates of such deposits their clearing standard and the Demand Notes became the unit of account for dollar denominated obligations in the place of gold which had begun to disappear from circulation having risen to a 1 to 2 % premium over paper.
This act brought the final possible amount of Demand Notes that could be issued to a sum of $ 60, 000, 000 ( by April the full $ 60, 000, 000 in Demand Notes had been issued ).

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Demand is particularly high amongst retro groups who have been influenced by the sound and look of the 1960s.
Demand and supply have also been generalized to explain macroeconomic variables in a market economy, including the quantity of total output and the general price level.
Demand for the wood has been reduced by modern materials science, which has led to polymer, alloys and composite materials which can take lignum vitae's place.
Some one-off programmes have been made available in high definition to Sky + HD viewers through the On Demand feature, under the branding Sky News HD.
It quotes David Failor, Postal Service executive director of stamp services as explaining, " Demand for these has been next to nothing for the past five years.
Most recent UK repeats and the DVD releases of the show have been of the original untreated versions, although appearances depend on a channel's individual archive — in early 2003 the remastered " Marooned " incongruously appeared during a repeat run of the series on UKTV Gold that otherwise consisted of the original versions ; and they have also popped up from time to time on UKTV G2 in addition to Virgin Media's On Demand service.
Demand for the book has been high, despite the initial inability of the original publisher to reprint the text.
A new One Hour On Demand service has recently been introduced to the company, whereby if a customer would like their spectacles back within the hour they pay a £ 5 express charge, otherwise the job will be ready the next day.
Demand for non-interactive TV electronic program guides — television channels displaying listings for currently airing and upcoming programming — has been nearly eliminated by the widespread availability of interactive program guides for television.
When the supply of Demand Notes had been nearly exhausted they commanded a price at parity with or at only a slight discount to gold dollars despite the fact that the latter continued to command a steep premium to United State Notes through the 1870s.
JK has been one half of ‘ JK and Joel ’ for many years – and Lucy was most recently co-presenting Bauer ’ s network evening show ‘ In Demand ’ with Alex James.
Demand Media and eHow in particular have been criticized for large amounts of low-quality content and for operating as a content mill, paying contributors low rates for content intended to rank high in search results, rather than focus on quality information, with poor quality articles intended mainly to drive up search results rather than inform, specifically by targeting the long tail search results missed by other sites, a category considered by Google to be a modern update on spam.
The band's music videos have also been featured on TV Guide's " M-Vids " and AOL's Music on Demand services.
* A Chance for Peace-may have been eventually published as Demand of Honor?
Past episodes of Prime Time Wrestling have been re-aired on WWE Classics on Demand since November 2004.
All these telecasts have been released on home video except for the Met's Die Fledermaus and Les contes d ' Hoffmann, which are available on " Opera on Demand.

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