Macerated Currency Souvenir Lincoln Top Hat / SOLD

Macerated Currency Souvenir Lincoln Top Hat - Inventory Number: CUR 173 / SOLD

Beginning in 1874, the Treasury Department began utilizing a new method of destroying old withdrawn currency. Old currency would be ground up and made into a pulp. Once discovered that this pulp could be made into souvenirs it was obtained by enterprising individuals then formed into objects to sell. This example dates from the late 19th century.

Inventory Number: CUR 173 / SOLD