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Old money, Hop money

Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2015 7:51 am
by Steven P
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.

Re: Old money, Hop money

Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2015 9:59 am
by Matt F
That is cool. Hops were a big crop in Iowa long, long ago.