e/Shinplaster

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has glosseng: Shinplaster was a common name for paper money of low denomination circulating widely in the frontier economies of the 19th century. These notes were in various places issued by Banks, merchants, wealthy individuals and associations, either as banknotes, or circulating IOUs. They were often a variety of token intended to alleviate a shortage of small change in growing frontier regions. They were sometimes used in company shop economies or peonages in place of legal tender.
lexicalizationeng: Shinplaster
instance ofc/Modern obsolete currencies
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media:imgShinplaster Canada 1900.jpg

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