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Bodie Teaching Currency, Framed

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Western Americana Start Price:20.00 USD Estimated At:1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD
Bodie Teaching Currency, Framed
Rare! Bodie Public School Currency. Measures 7”x 3”. Reads “R.L. McCarty Prin., Bodie Public School. Bodie, Ca. One Thousand.” Black print on the front and green on the back. Item is placed in wood frame. Little wear, small tear in the lower right side and a slight crease in the middle. Items like this would have been used for teaching purposes starting in post Industrial Revolution America. It was formed out of the growing need for students in public and trade schools and to understand and managing money. School currency was therefore printed and used in schools.
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