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Scrip-o-philia
A playing card cut into three sections and used as scrip to be redeemed for one loaf of bread per section. Issued by the Montreal grocer John Hautson.From the catalog of book dealer Bob Gaba:
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February 26, 2013
Beinecke Library, Cary Playing Card Collection, bread, canada, card, hautson, money, montreal, playing, scrip
Money makes the world go around, the world go around, the world go around . . .
German banknotes designed by Herbert Bayer, 1923   See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notgeld and: http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/5373/notgeld.htm and: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Bayer
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October 25, 2007
Beinecke Library, General Modern Collection, 1923, banknote, Bayer, bill, Germany, Herbert, money, notgeld
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