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A trader's currency token was issued by Samuel Higley of Simsbury, Connecticut in 1737. Higley owned the mine which produced the copper, which was near Granby, Connecticut. He smelted the copper ore, designed and engraved the dies, and struck the tokens himself. They wore out extremely easily, due to the purity of the copper.
Tokens were also used as company scrip to pay labor for use only in company stores owned by the employers. The collecting of trade tokens is part of the field of exonumia, and includes other types of tokens, including transit tokens, encased cents, and many others. In a narrow sense, trade tokens are "good for" tokens, issued by merchants.
Stories of the devil are popular in West Virginian folklore. Due to the variety of people and cultures in the state, there are many different depictions of the devil in regional legends. Some stories are told with him as a dapper young man, more utilize the classic tail-and-horns image, and others take a different approach all together.
The other side most typically gave the denomination of "un sou", surrounded by a wreath and the words "Bank Token" and "Montreal". There are a large variety of these tokens, distinguished primarily by the number and variety of flowers that appear in the "bouquet", along with the differences in the legends that appeared on either side of the token.
Dorson's fieldwork touched upon African-American folklore in Michigan, folklore of the Upper Peninsula, other regional folklore in the United States, the folklore of Japan, and other topics. Among other academic recognitions, Dorson was awarded the Library of Congress award in History of American Civilization in 1946, and three Guggenheim ...
One side of the brass token bears the Hudson's Bay Company's coat of arms and the other its value. [1] Before these brass tokens came into use, a Made-Beaver was represented by a stick, porcupine quill, an ivory disc, a musket ball, or anything else agreed upon by trader and trapper. The trapper would be handed a number of units agreed upon ...
Jeremiah Digges, Bowleg Bill, The Sea-Going Cowboy, Viking Press.NY. 1938. First edition ISBN 1121783597, ASIN B000ILSNLE. Also printed as Bowleg Bill, the sea-going cowboy;: Or, Ship ahoy & let 'er buck!
Pages in category "Folklore by region" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Arab culture; C.