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Some fur companies isued paper money and tokens as use of beaver skins was a
cumbersome method of currency. Some photographic samples of tokens can be
found in Carolyn Gilman, Where Two Worlds Meet: The Great Lakes Fur Trade
(St. Paul, MN: Minnesota Historical Society, 1982). See p. 55. However, these
date from 1800-1854. Also see Chris Harding, "The Monetary System of the Far
Fur Country," in The Beaver (June, 1921): 2-4; Arthur J. Ray and Donald
Freeman, Give Us Good Measure (Tortonto, Canada: University of Toronto Press,
1978); and Richard S. Yeoman, A Guide Book of United States Coins, 35th
edition (Racine, WI: Western Publishing Co., 1982).
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