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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Paddy54, post: 2091159, member: 19250&quot;]I would be quite surprised&nbsp; if used as washers . First washers aren&#039;t&nbsp; used with nails they are used with nuts and bolts. Second at this time period&nbsp; 1 cent was a lot of money! Even to a lawyer.</p><p>The wages or monthly&nbsp; salaries&nbsp; during&nbsp; this time were less than $2.00 @ month . Of course&nbsp; cost of living was cheaper&nbsp; also.</p><p>During&nbsp;&nbsp; the 1930&#039;s a beer was a nickel&nbsp; and came with a free lunch!&nbsp;&nbsp; So go back another&nbsp;&nbsp; 75 to 100 years and your&nbsp;&nbsp; at a time where coinage&nbsp; was hard to come by, and hoarded&nbsp; to the extent&nbsp; trade tokens were in use.</p><p><br /></p><p>One dollar in 1890 money would be worth $26.33 in today&#039;s money.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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