5 Cents, Paper Money Chit, Boston, Massachusetts, January 1, 1863
date: label: date made
content: 1863-01-01
name: label: maker
content: L. Prang & Company
notes: label: Description
content: This “memorandum for change” was Mt. Pleasant Apothecary’s solution to the coin shortage. By making customers redeem the value of these notes in sums of a one-dollar or more, the business could expect returning clientele.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
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content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
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content: Civil War
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content: Coins, Currency and Medals
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Estate of Victor H. Huberich
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: NU.NU46192.0003
label: accession number
content: 170666
label: serial number
content: 240
label: catalog number
content: NU46192.0003
objectType: label: Object Name
content: note
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 58 mm x 99 mm; 2 9/32 in x 3 29/32 in