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Paper - Good for five cents in trade
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| Currency | Dollar (1785-date) |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of a half-length portrait of a balding man turned three-quarters to the right, with a six-petal rosette above containing a numeral 5 at its center. The denomination is indicated by the Roman numeral V at upper and lower left, with the redemption legend arched across the face of the note. |
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| Obverse lettering | V GOOD FOR FIVE CENTS IN TRADE 5 V |
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Trade tokens on paper — sometimes called "due bills" or scrip — were issued by individual merchants, lumber camps, mining operations, and company stores throughout the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, typically to retain customer spending within a closed economy. A five-cent denomination suggests petty retail use, the kind of scrip handed back as change when coin was short or when a proprietor wanted to ensure repeat business.
Without issuer identification, precise dating is impossible. The near-square format is unusual and may indicate a cut-down or trimmed example.