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Identification Help - Looks Like 1800-S Banknote

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This is an oddity. It has "Remember God's Commandments" and then "Disease Disappointmen" (not T at end) D. Tonner at the bottom.

I have Schingoethe's college currency book and thought it might be an adjacent type of note, but no luck.

it measures 175mm x 87mm

Oh, the italic text in the center references "intemperance"

Any help is appreciated!

Paul Landsberg
Ephesus Numismatics

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Is anything on the back? It does look like a 1800's note, almost like a confederate note. I would guess it is something that was given out by some religious person at a revival maybe. Its reference to the "10 Commandments" and part of the text is talking about the "seven deadly sins".
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The text here is paraphrased from Volume Two (1791) of the "Sermons" of the Rev Prof Hugh Blair, a minister of the Church of Scotland and professor of Rhetoric. Blair died in 1801, but I'm finding later instances in print of this little quote on disease, in both British and and American publications of either religious or rhetorical nature, as late as 1838. This was about when the teachings of the once-popular Blair went out of fashion.

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I also remember, at least a few decades ago, seeing small religious tracts designed so as to look, when folded, like a $20 bill. These were left on bus seats, park benches, and the like, to trick the unsuspecting sinner into looking at a bit of sermonizing (usually on the sin of avarice). Perhaps this was an early attempt at the same?
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Hey Paul, Although its design is more reminiscent of the teens and 20's, I think your note has something to do with this Daniel Tonner. http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cg...4338&df=all&

This shows him being an advocate of temperance and I found an old newspaper article listing him as the treasurer of a temperance organization. https://books.google.com/books?id=-...gion&f=false

Although I found a newspaper article talking about one of these organizations having a banknote engraver visit, your note obviously does not appear professionally done due to the asymmetry of pretty much everything.

That's all I've got.

See ya Tuesday- Josh K.
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Josh, Philadelphian, amazing responses!! Thank you!!
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