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1973.11.38

ID Number: 1973.11.38
Category: Communication Artifacts
Sub-category: exchange medium
Item Name: coin
Date: 1758
Materials: metal, silver
Description: milled edge
obverse: old head; Georgius II dei gratia
reverse: shields; M.B. fet H rex. fdb et ld sr I a et e/ 1758
History: British shilling "These coins would have been in circulation during Sally Ainse's time. Sally Ainse was an Oneida woman who was a fur trader in the Detroit region. In the past, as in the present, money (or the lack thereof) had a great impact in a woman's life." - from Her Stories exhibit Probably had been accumulated by the Essex Historical Society.
Collection Name: Museum Windsor
Subject (Fre): Y

Subjects

Ainse, Sally person

Royalty subject

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