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Traffic Violator Pays Fine In Cumberland Wooden MoneySergeant William Connell, at city police headquarters, received a bhock this morning when Harr; Dorring-ton, Westfield, Mass., who was in court on a traffic charge, handed him the usual $1 and costs in an assortment o. wooden nickels, dimes and quarters.Sergeant Connell, who had heard about Cumberland Sesquicentonnial wooden money but had seen none, was about ready to add a charge f counterfeiting against the Massachusetts man when the who.ft thing was explained, and ihe headquarters chief good naturedly took the wooden currency and revealed his thoughts about counterfeit money being forced on the city“It's just as good as gold, one of the police officer? said, “and a whole lo' si.fer to have in your possession.Shown ahve is a facsimile of the front of the Sesqulcentennial wooden money. In the round spaces appear the uenominatkm of the wooden currency, either 1, 2 or 5 nickels, which means a nickel, a dime or a quarter in value. The denomination is also printed on, the wooden bill, in the space shown, os ‘'one woodennickel,’* “two wooden 'nickels, or “live wooden nickels,Thi* unique money only made its appearance Vucsday, and is already | in heavy demand throughout the'jCumberland territory.The way to get it is to ask any business place to give it to you in change. Then you can use it anywhere to pay hills or buy whatever you want, .t Hill be redeemer at face value until Saturday, 'August 14, at Sesou! centennial headquarters. Room B, above the police station in City Hall Annex.Many people will want to keep at least one oi each denomination as permanent souvenirs of the Sesqul-cehteunial. In years to come, this unique wooden money will have a collcctors’ value even hi?her than its present face value, and families 50 or 100 years from now will prize this memento of Cumberland's 150th birthdayYestrrdiy and today Sesquicen-tennlal headquarters has been swamps with demands for the popular wooden nickels, and merchants are having a hard lime getting-enough to supply che demand.
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Cumberland Evening Times
Cumberland, Maryland, US
Thu, Jul 29, 1937
Page 17
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