A Very Old (Paper!) Five Cent Trade Piece

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mrwhatisit Pillar of the Community United States 2973 Posts	Posted 02/21/2021 8:28 pm Now this is one of the more unusual trade notes I have ever seen. I looked everywhere online to try to find out about these, and nothing comes remotely close to this. Since I have a knack for finding out how old things are, id guess this dates to the time range from the 1850s through 1870s, though it could be earlier. It is uniface, and around the 5, it reads 'good for five cents in trade'. I have a very strong feeling that this is a true rarity since these probably were not made in any major quantity and that not very many survived in any condition. I'm also not to sure how much value this might carry. So I am wondering if any of you could shed some expertise on this? Edited by mrwhatisit 02/21/2021 9:35 pm Report this Post to the Staff

mikev50 Pillar of the Community United States 1953 Posts	Posted 02/21/2021 8:43 pm how about some pictures----thanks Report this Post to the Staff
mrwhatisit Pillar of the Community United States 2973 Posts	Posted 02/21/2021 9:37 pm I was getting a pic up as I was originally posting, but something went wrong, now that should do it. Report this Post to the Staff
GregAlex Pillar of the Community United States 828 Posts	Posted 02/22/2021 12:38 am Interesting! Is there anything on the other side indicating who issued it? Report this Post to the Staff
mrwhatisit Pillar of the Community United States 2973 Posts	Posted 02/22/2021 11:39 am Nope, the other side is uniface, as mentioned above. Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 190331 Posts	Posted 02/22/2021 12:17 pm Very interesting! Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
fortcollins Pillar of the Community United States 3675 Posts	Posted 02/27/2021 12:02 am Just a couple ideas, and I could be way off here. The lack of a company name is interesting. It would make sense if it was issued in a setting where people automatically would know where it could be exchanged, such as a company store or a school or prison. It also looks a little bit like some of the coupons that long ago were affixed to packs of playing cards or cigarettes. Some of those coupons were one, two, or five cents. (Five cents was a decent amount of money back then.) The portrait could be a company logo, rather than a person. Those are the best ideas I can offer. Report this Post to the Staff
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