Playing Card Notes

Posted At : January 22, 2007 12:02 PM | Posted By : James Senick
Related Categories: Banknote Collecting

"Playing Card" money was a type of emergency issue used in Canada between the late 17th century and mid-18th century by French colonial authorities. They actually cut up playing cards and marked them as currency.

-- Lee the Stamp Gal

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