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These coins were collected from the Plowboy site in Shawnee County and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 2017. The Plowboy site was home to the Kansa, the Potawatomi, and Euro-Americans. At various times, the site contained a farm, a trading post, and a post office with nearby military trails, Mormon routes, a railroad and the California-Oregon trail. On the top row is a shield nickel minted in 1873 and a wheat penny minted in 1916. On the bottom row are two half-dimes with a seated Liberty with stars and arrows, both minted in 1853, and a mercury dime minted in 1918.
Date: 1853-1918
Item Number: 447937
Call Number: 14SH372 2017.C Fitzgerald donation
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 447937
Collections - Archeology
Date - 1850s - 1853
Date - 1870s - 1873
Date - 1910s - 1916
Date - 1910s - 1918
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts
People - European Americans
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Thematic Time Period - Indian Territory, 1820 - 1854
Thematic Time Period - Industrialization and the National Economy, 1870 - 1920
Transportation - Railroads
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