MODERN PISMO CLAM SHELL MONEY

After meeting with author Joshua Smith, while he was doing his research on Pismo Clam Money, Games Exchange owner Tony Warino and I decided it was time to do another Pismo Clam Money issue. Tony had used Pismo Clam Money as a unique form of gift certificate and had run out of the 2013 issue of Pismo Clam Money. Too many customers kept them as collector's items rather than redeem them. I received requests for examples of their 2013 issue of Pismo Clam Money, which had sold out long ago. Tony requested the shells be denominated at $20, as that was the most popular amount for gift certificates in his store.

In October 2019 an issue of 20 Pismo Clam Shells, denominated at $20 each, were created by local artist Sarah Chapman Renner, who drew the 2013 issues of Pismo Clam Money. Shells were numbered 101 to 121. Like the original clam shell money, each is hand drawn, hand signed and individually numbered. Each has a different design. The shells are approximately 4.5 inches (11.5cm) wide. Examples of the 2019 Pismo Clam Money can be purchased in person at face value for $20 at Games Exchange in Grover Beach, California, or purchased by mail for $25, which includes shipping to a US address, from Joel Anderson, PO Box 365, Grover Beach, CA 93483, phone 805-489-8045 or ordered on-line at PismoClamMoney.com .

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
NEWMAN PORTAL ADDS CLAM SHELL MONEY RESEARCH (https://www.coinbooks.org/v23/esylum_v23n02a08.html)

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