Depression Stamp Scrip Kenneth Pruess Lincoln Stamp Club Encased Postage
Banking Holidays By March 1, States closed banks March 6 Roosevelt called National bank holiday Payrolls could not be met Many banks never reopened Those that did reopen had shortage of small bills and coins
What will we do for money? Before March 6 about 400 communities were already using emergency money After March 6 there was a flood of scrip Scrip took many forms!
Depression of Million unemployed 5000 bank failures People not paying taxes Cities unable to borrow money Run on money from solvent banks Acute shortage of coins and small bills
Tenino, Washington
WARA SCRIP userpage.fu-berlin.de/~roehrigw/fisher/stamp4.html
Zylstra Type Scrip Hawarden, Iowa
South Haven, Michigan
Mason City, Iowa
Okmulgee, Oklahoma
Carmel-by-the-Sea, California
Santa Clara, California
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Pilot Rock, Oregon
Julesburg, Colorado
Golden, Colorado
Sterling, Colorado
Polk County, Iowa
Multnomah County, Oregon
Fostoria, Ohio
Caslow Private Issue – Chicago, Illinois
Mitchell and Shafer Best Reference But new finds are still being made. Web Site depressionscrip.com