Packing Minted Money

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A man is sitting in a cave amid bags and coins scattered across the ground, while a rowboat can be seen approaching

I was kept busy packing the minted money into bread-bags.

Artist

Name:: Rhead, Louis
Dates:: 1857-1926
Country:: US

Illustration

Subject:: People
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: The New York Public Library, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:: Treasure island (Rhead)
Author:: Stevenson, Robert Louis
Publisher:: London, New York: Harper & Brothers, n.d. [1915?]
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A man is sitting in a cave by the seashore amid bags filled with money and coins scattered across the ground, while a rowboat can be seen approaching from a ship in the distance.

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