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The E-Sylum: Volume 18, Number 8, February 22, 2015, Article 20

SLAVES, UNDERGROUND RAILROAD TOKENS AND 1799 CENTS

Rich Hartzog writes:

A notched cent was recently submitted to a treasure magazine, as a piece used to identify slaves on the underground railroad. Further research revealed the attached information, from Greenback: The Almighty Dollar and the Invention of America by Jason Goodwin. I do not believe the comments on the notched cents. I was wondering if there was any truth to the comment on the 1799 cents, which also seems doubtful.

Excerpt from Greenback- The Almighty Dollar and the Invention of America

I'm not sure where the author got that stuff. Readers? -Editor

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