What are "shin plasters"? Thanks. ________________________________ From: "Connie Shotts, CG" <cshotts1@carolina.rr.com> To: in-south-central@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2012 10:08 AM Subject: [IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL] Lawrence County: Son-In-Law Calvin Armstrong Deposited Money Found in Old Clothes of Robert Craig, Deceased Eccentric Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Weekly Courier, May 26, 1911, p. 2. OLD MONEY IS FOUND IN RECLUSE'S CLOTHES. The home of Robert Craig, a recently deceased eccentric, at Bedford, was searched today and large quantities of gold and bills of various denominations were found. Practically everywhere the searchers looked they found money, gold pieces of the coinage of fifty years ago and "shin plasters" being found in old clothes. More than $1,200 of good United States money was in the collection, and was deposited in the bank at Bedford by Calvin Armstrong, the man's son-in-law. Although not yet through with the search, more than $2,000 of foreign coins and bank notes of the issue of war times has been found. Constance T. Shotts, Ed.D., CG(SM) CG and Certified Genealogist are Service Marks of the Board for Certification of Genealogists, used under license by board certificants after periodic evaluations by the Board and the board name is a trademark registered in the US Patent and Trademark Office. The IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL Rootsweb list is for genealogists and historians who have an interest in the south central district of Indiana, as defined by the Indiana Genealogial Society, including the counties of: Bartholomew, Brown, Clark, Crawford, Floyd, Harris, Jackson, Lawrence, Monroe, Orange, Scott and Washington. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

This is what wikipedia says about shinplasters: Shinplaster was a common name for paper money of low denomination circulating widely in the frontier economies of the 19th century. These notes were in various places issued by banks, merchants, wealthy individuals and associations, either as banknotes, or circulating IOUs. .... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinplaster -----Original Message----- From: in-south-central-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:in-south-central-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Carolyn Jones Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2012 11:10 AM To: in-south-central@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL] Lawrence County: Son-In-Law Calvin Armstrong Deposited Money Found in Old Clothes of Robert Craig, Deceased Eccentric What are "shin plasters"? Thanks. ________________________________ From: "Connie Shotts, CG" <cshotts1@carolina.rr.com> To: in-south-central@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2012 10:08 AM Subject: [IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL] Lawrence County: Son-In-Law Calvin Armstrong Deposited Money Found in Old Clothes of Robert Craig, Deceased Eccentric Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Weekly Courier, May 26, 1911, p. 2. OLD MONEY IS FOUND IN RECLUSE'S CLOTHES. The home of Robert Craig, a recently deceased eccentric, at Bedford, was searched today and large quantities of gold and bills of various denominations were found. Practically everywhere the searchers looked they found money, gold pieces of the coinage of fifty years ago and "shin plasters" being found in old clothes. More than $1,200 of good United States money was in the collection, and was deposited in the bank at Bedford by Calvin Armstrong, the man's son-in-law. Although not yet through with the search, more than $2,000 of foreign coins and bank notes of the issue of war times has been found. Constance T. Shotts, Ed.D., CG(SM) CG and Certified Genealogist are Service Marks of the Board for Certification of Genealogists, used under license by board certificants after periodic evaluations by the Board and the board name is a trademark registered in the US Patent and Trademark Office. The IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL Rootsweb list is for genealogists and historians who have an interest in the south central district of Indiana, as defined by the Indiana Genealogial Society, including the counties of: Bartholomew, Brown, Clark, Crawford, Floyd, Harris, Jackson, Lawrence, Monroe, Orange, Scott and Washington. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message The IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL Rootsweb list is for genealogists and historians who have an interest in the south central district of Indiana, as defined by the Indiana Genealogial Society, including the counties of: Bartholomew, Brown, Clark, Crawford, Floyd, Harris, Jackson, Lawrence, Monroe, Orange, Scott and Washington. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message