Book notes . and isinglass cases. And!;iter private ])ennies were !-i:se were little more tluiu tokens,really, never recogni/cd by the Gov-ernment, imt ^ced in as neces-sary. Many of these old pennies ortokLiis are in the collections of an] are interesting relicsor reminders of the great conOict. 66 Tlicy wore issued in most of wluie ptiinies \vme of the States of tlie \\\stwhere the nve-cent piece alwaysbeen the unit of the smallest value.•? the dark of the CivilWar, the nation was trouMed hy ascarcity of curreiicy, and, in comm
Book notes . and isinglass cases. And!;iter private ])ennies were !-i:se were little more tluiu tokens,really, never recogni/cd by the Gov-ernment, imt ^ced in as neces-sary. Many of these old pennies ortokLiis are in the collections of an] are interesting relicsor reminders of the great conOict. 66 Tlicy wore issued in most of wluie ptiinies \vme of the States of tlie \\\stwhere the nve-cent piece alwaysbeen the unit of the smallest value.•? the dark of the CivilWar, the nation was trouMed hy ascarcity of curreiicy, and, in commonwith other coiiis, pennies almost di--appcared from circulation. The scarci-ty was so pronounced that the prices of their commodities ?^. chauiiC, it possible. Then someVjrisht .trenius conceived the idea ofusing the small values of postagestauips to make up sinali Thejdea grew and spread, and was gen-erally taken up. \\here a cent ortwo in change was required, thestorelcecper oftentimes lianded outpostage stam]->s of tliat denomination,or perhaps a strip of them of thevahie demanded. The three-centone and tlie five agood small change, with the siamj)ity to stick togetlcharacter, and the fwore out and hecailess. In short tliehiliiy to the pur[)cepi in the smallerrecognized, and it stamp), with tiiend 10-ceiu, madeThe great trou-5 was their liahil-ler, their flimsyict that soonne dirt} and usc-ir titter inadapta-ose intended, e.\-details, v;as soonseemed that the UNION TRUST COMPANY. 62 DORRANCE ST., CONNER OF WESir^lNSTER ST CAPITAL $1,000,000. SURPLUS $SOO,000 A COMMlZRCiAL BANK^AND TRUST COMPANY. OFFICERS: MARSFjKN T. rFRRY, Chairman of the Board. .?\R.\Sl I. POlTIIER, President. ARCHrBA]j3 G.
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