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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;BRandM, post: 1204979, member: 22729&quot;][ATTACH]127231.vB[/ATTACH].[ATTACH]127232.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I went down to the Baltimore show yesterday with Merlin and a couple members of my coin club and found a nice selection of obsoletes to go through. Denly&#039;s of Boston had a large number of New Jersey notes, and other dealers had some nice ones as well. The Winslow, NJ 3 Cent note is listed in Wait as W-2467, but of course isn&#039;t in Haxby because he doesn&#039;t list private scrip. I think I did pretty good on the price. It fell about mid-way between the estimated values of this one found in several auctions I checked out. Hay &amp; Company (Winslow Glass-Works) was founded in 1831 by Andrew K. Hay and a local businessman named Coffin. In 1851 his nephew John B. Hay joined the firm and it became Hay &amp; Company. Andrew died in 1881, and the company was operated by John until 1884 when he retired. After John Hay&#039;s retirement the Tillyer Brothers from Philadelphia leased the property and continued production. The company&#039;s main products included window glass, fruit jars, and hollow ware. They also issued&nbsp; 1, 5, 10, and 25 Cent, and 1$ and 5$ scrip paid to their workers in lieu of &quot;hard&quot; money. Their workers were housed in about 100 tenements located on the plant&#039;s property.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Torrey note is the second denomination I have in my collection. I bought a 5$ note a short while back, and posted it on CT. The Torreys were furnace operators in Manchester Twp. (Lakehurst) in the 1860&#039;s and 1870&#039;s. I now have the 25 Cent note but still need a 5, 10, and 50 Cent, and 1$, 2$, 3$, and a second variety of the 5$ scrip to complete my set. I&#039;m not sure I&#039;ll ever be able to complete the series, but I&#039;ll have a lot of fun trying. Thanks for looking everybody.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bruce[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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