Is this a Shinplaster? - Coin Talk "Shinplaster" is generally a term applied to fractional currency or obsolete notes that were hardly worth anything They were so cheap you'd might as well soak them in starch and apply them to sore ankles
CoinTalk Friends (CTF) Giveaway #4 (four drawings) One shinplaster, two coins and 4 interesting old magazine articles Of the prize, @Dafydd says: "The main item is a June, 1862 fractional script (Shin-plaster) from The Bank of the State of South Carolina for 25 cents It has a value of about 50 00 or thereabouts
New Notes - Coin Talk And the other is a 1923 Canadian Shinplaster They are called Shinplasters because they were so cheap the soldiers would line their boots with them during the war to stop chafing from their boots! and to think, I paid 40 bucks for it LOL needless to say it has a more worthy home than a soldiers boots
Andrew Jackson Hard Times Token-1837 - Coin Talk Definition of shinplaster 1 : a piece of privately issued paper currency especially : one poorly secured and depreciated in value 2 : a piece of fractional currency fretboard , Feb 19, 2021 #2 + Quote Reply