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Message:: [QUOTE="Conder101, post: 156055, member: 66"]Just an advertisement, not even a coupon since you don't redeem it or even have to have it.  It just advertises the propriator of the shop. As samjimmy says it was made to resemble a piece of real currency because it is very difficult for someone to avoid picking up and looking at something which their mind tells them is money.  Even once they know it isn't, most people still find themselves reluctant to discard it. Zapbdf, back before about 1840 there were a lot of none governmental issues of paper money.  Most of them were issued by banks, which usually required a state charter, but some were issed by railroads and large companies.  These last two usually had a fair amount of capital to back their issues (but not always).  I'm not sure if there were any individual stores that issued their own currency during the later period, but there may have been some issued by stores and private citizens back closer to the early 1800's. Sometimes you will find notes and even coins issued by a college or business school especially in the latter 19th century, but these were not intended to be actually used as currency but were used as classroom teaching aids in the business and accounting depts of the schools.[/QUOTE]