1 Dollar Clam Shell, Harter Drug Co., United States, 1933
date: label: date made
content: 1933
label: date on object
content: 1933-03-08
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) dollar clam shell, Harter Drug Co.
label: Description (Brief)
content: United States, 1933
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: N/A
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: GOOD FOR $1 ON DEMAND AT THE HARTER DRUG CO. / 3-8-33 / SCRIP / PISMO BEACH CALIF / SIGN OTHER SIDE / IN GOD WE TRUST / NO. 5
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: N/A
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: [SIGNATURES]
label: Description
content: Shells circulated as a medium of exchange in Asia, Africa, Oceania, and North America. Seashells are no longer an official form of money, but they remain an alternative to notes and coins during periods of scarcity. This clam shell briefly functioned as money in Pismo Beach, California, during the Great Depression.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: California, Pismo Beach
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Feingold, Ellen R.. Value of Money, The
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Chase Manhattan Bank
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1979.1263.00470
label: catalog number
content: 1979.1263.00470
label: accession number
content: 1979.1263
label: catalog number
content: 79.112.OC102D
label: collector/donor number
content: 2014-11-10
objectType: label: Object Name
content: shell money, clam
label: Object Name
content: alternative currency
label: Other Terms
content: Shell Money, Clam; North America; California, Pismo Beach
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: shell, clam (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: black ink (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: white/gray (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: brown (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: mark with ink (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10.5 cm x 13 cm x 2.7 cm; 4 1/8 in x 5 1/8 in x 1 1/16 in