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April 30, 2012 05:00 pm PDT
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Victorian change packets: little envelopes for your small change
Julie L. Mellby posts on Princeton University Library's Graphic Arts Collection blog about the Victorian "Change Packet," a little paper envelope that Victorian shopkeepers used to present customers' change (as Abi points out on Making Light, this embodies some odd assumptions, like shopkeepers never shortchanging their customers, and customers not wanting to spend their change [...]Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/GAQPVm1LN5w/victorian-change-packets-litt.html
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