Since there is no Currency foruum .. I will post it here....

[Bruceswar]

Here is a pic of a cool peice of currency... from 1800's Take a look....

[Bruceswar]

Here is a new pic for the forum....

[Leothelion]

Imagine, if you will, what people had to do in those days to make 10 bucks. When someone had $10 back then, they most likely were the rich folk. You could probably buy a horse for $10. What year did you say it was? A family could eat for a month on $10. Flour, wheat, ground corn with a little cow milk would get you some grits. That is, if you had a cow! Heck, back then, people probably got shot over a 10 spot. There has to be a currency forum out there somewhere. I think there is but no-one really posts to it.

Nice bill you have there1 Sorry, I just don't have a clue what you have there.

 

Leo

[Bruceswar]

The Bill is dated 1843 and it is From the Phoenix Bank.... It seems that all major cities back then made there own money .. and the goverment money was rarely seen.. But i could be totally off

[Leothelion]

The Bill is dated 1843 and it is From the Phoenix Bank.... It seems that all major cities back then made there own money .. and the goverment money was rarely seen.. But i could be totally off

 

Well, there you go! Back then, most folks didn't have a pot to pee in, less then carrying a 10 dollar bill around in their pocket. Back in those days, most did more trading then buying so there weren't too many of those bills around.

 

Leo

 

 

[Bruceswar]

the bill itself is just so interesting.... and i bet not many survived .... with a low start to begin with

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very cool

[Bruceswar]

thats what i think as well