Good For 5 Cents Antique Ink Drawing folk art puppets Altogether pretty cool

Altogether pretty cool

and all the better for the residue of old writing on the slate

And certainly hanging this sign would be a terrific way to greet visitors in all sorts of contexts

and seem to be just  a hair larger in size than later iterations

you can distinguish that there are four distinct suits to these

Good For 5 Cents Antique Ink Drawing folk art puppets Altogether pretty coolWhoever made this drawing, or whoever accepted it in lieu of 5 cents, must have thought pretty highly of it, as 5 cents would have gone quite a ways then. Or, perhaps the smoking figure at top represents the owner of a farm, owing 5 cents to the hoeing laborer below, reminding one a bit of Venmo transaction emojis now! Whatever the case, its endurance over a century and a quarter or so certainly attest to its value to at least a few someones, and of