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  • Macerated Currency Souvenir Pitcher

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    Macerated Currency Souvenir Pitcher - Inventory Number: CUR 172

    Beginning in 1874, the Treasury Department began utilizing a new method of destroying old withdrawn currency. Old currency would be ground up and made into a pulp. Once discovered that this pulp could be made into souvenirs it was obtained by enterprising individuals then formed into objects to sell. This example dates from the late 19th century.

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    Inventory Number: CUR 172