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The E-Sylum: Volume 21, Number 8, February 25, 2018, Article 39

TWO-DOLLAR BILL SURVIVED EARTHQUAKE, TIDAL WAVE

Speaking of two dollar bills, here's an interesting inscribed two that was illustrated in Dick Hansom's ALASKAN TOKEN COLLECTOR & POLAR NUMISMATIST for March 2018. -Editor

Inscribed Two-Dollar Bill Survived Earthquake and Tidal Wave

Inscribed: “To Alice Horton / C.J. Egan / Valdez, Alaska: Went Through / Earthquake & / Tidal Wave”

C.J. “Truck” Egan inscribed this note to his sister, Alice Egan Horton. C.J. Egan was proprietor of The Pinzon in Valdez. Valdez was devastated in the 1964 earthquake and tidal wave.

Dick adds:

"Truck" Egan was the brother of Governor Bill Egan.



Wayne Homren, Editor

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