Greenback

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Greenback may refer to:

• United States dollars, colloquially known as "Greenbacks," often used when referring to the debate of "hard vs. soft money" which originated after the Panic of 1873 or from Civil War Demand Notes.
• United States Greenback Party, who advocated inflation of the currency in the years after the American Civil War.
• Save the Greenback, an organization of U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing employees and paper and ink suppliers opposed to phasing out the paper dollar
• Greenback, Tennessee
• A loudspeaker, model G-12, made for guitar cabinets by the Celestion company. The rear of the speaker is covered with a green plastic cowl, hence the term "Greenback". This speaker is legendary among guitar players because of its distinctive and highly desirable tonal characteristics.
• A scaled sardine, so nicknamed by anglers for its bright green back.
• Baron Silas Greenback, DangerMouse's archenemy

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