Old money, Hop money

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Old money, Hop money

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My uncle forwarded me this photo showing a $5 note dated March-1-1858 from Lyons City,IA which is now a part of Clinton, IA. The lithograph appears to show a communal hop harvest. I thought it was cool so I'll just leave this here.
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That is cool. Hops were a big crop in Iowa long, long ago.
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