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Kansas Labor Exchange Certificate.

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Kansas Labor Exchange Certificate.

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Auction Date:2010 Apr 15 @ 11:00 (UTC-4 : AST/EDT)
Location:Crowne Plaza Hotel. 401 South Van Brunt St, Englewood, New Jersey, 07631, United States
Salina, Kansas. (Central office Independence, MO.). 1897. Certificate of Deposit for 10 Units. Title is "The Labor Exchange - In Labor We Trust - By Labor We Live". Face has black border and appears to look like a check, the back has allegorical women flanking gray area with text describing the method of payment "...is not redeemable in legal tender, but receivable by the Labor Exchange Association in payment for Merchandise, for services and for all debts and dues..." One of the first bartering associations possibly created due to the memory of the 1893 depression. XF condition. Scarce certificate form Branch 131, Salina, Kansas.