Nothing major, just a little tidbit on some Confederate play money from the 1950's. In 1954 General Mills put out a promotion with their Cheerios cereal, for 25 cents and a box top you could get 9 examples of Confederate currency ranging from the one dollar note to the 1000.00 note. Cheerios actually produced more Confederate currency than the Confederate government did from 1861 -1865.
Today a set like this is worth about 125.00.
Gosh, you are old, Capt. :o)> !!
ReplyDeleteYou got that right Jay
DeleteA fantastic collection to have in your collection Captain! Thanks for showing us.
ReplyDeleteThanks Rodger
DeleteVery cool and i love your note that Cheerios printed more money than what was originally done....nice set to have.
ReplyDeleteThanks Shayne...that was only 59 years ago and very little of these are still available
DeleteCool items. I find it a quite odd fact that a company founded in Minneapolis in 1866 would one day print more Confederate currency than the CSA.
ReplyDeleteThanks Sean...The original Cheerios box that these came in is over $100.00 if you can find it.
DeleteIn the 60's there was a series of Civil War bubble gum cards released here in the UK. I still have those cards but with each pack came 2 or 3 Confederate notes as well. The money is now worth way more than the cards but sadly I chucked mine away...
ReplyDeleteI have a few of those notes...they were made by the A& BC chewing co. LTD. of England in 1964
DeleteWhat a wonderfully bizarre thing to giveaway with a breakfast cereal!
ReplyDeleteCheerios capitalized on a way to make money
DeleteWelcome aboard my friend, noticing your avatar is a Subaru, I already like you.
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