Hoppers' Money Public Deposited

Definition
  • A variety of tokens or tallies, made of lead, and paid to pickers of hops in lieu of money. They represented the amount of bushels picked and were redeemed when the work was finished. See Spink (xx. 13872).

Source
  • Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)

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