Crossroads Coins, Vandalia, Ohio

Crossroads Coins, 344 East National Road,Vandalia, OH  45377 was kind enough to let me video their sample of Continental Currency that they had on display. Charles Cist was a printer of currency and signer of currency, too. The samples of currency that Crossroads had on display showed a different name than Cist. The dates from Cist currency notes and the different dates from the other samples can be used to help pin point a time frame of where patriots were during the American Revolutionary War.

Krista Willis of quillstranscription.com transcribed video for me. Next step is to place video into blog.

ANDREW:     Here we are at Crossroads Coins, and this is part two of my blog entry.  This is walking stick (indicates) of Charles Cist from Philadelphia.  This is Philadelphia Cherry wood.  And if we open the top up here (opens), this was a way to smuggle documents as well as Continental currency in the secret compartment where people would visit the printing shop of Charles Cist and Henry Steiner, and the Continental currency issues that we just filmed would go in here and if someone was stopped, the currency and/or documents would be in here and not on the person themselves.  So the -- this was a very ingenious way to share information and get information to the printers.  And this stick was also used by many people.  And some people would knock on the door this way (indicates) and then some people who used the stick would announce themselves by tapping the door at the end here (indicates).  And of course, through time -- I'm not sure which way Charles Cist used his cane -- but that's why there are dents on the circular part here (indicates) and nicks down below (indicates). 

Thank you, Matt.

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