cts.
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centimes.
cts.
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centimes.
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cents.
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certificates.
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The Atlas can be had separately by those who want it, at 75 cts., postage paid.
From Five Hundred Mistakes of Daily Occurrence in Speaking, Pronouncing, and Writing the English Language, Corrected by Anonymous
Meats of all kinds are selling at 50 cts. per pound; butter, 75 cts.; coffee, $1.50; tea, $10; boots, $30 per pair; shoes, $18; ladies’ shoes, $15; shirts, $6 each.
From A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital by Jones, John Beauchamp
Long stemmed Carnations are to be had in great variety at 75 cts. per dozen; Callas 25 cts. each, and Smilax 50 cts. a string.
From Garden and Forest Weekly, Volume 1 No. 1, February 29, 1888 by Various
Went to picket post this morning, bought a quart of buttermilk, 25 cts. per quart, which with bread at 15 cents per loaf, I made a homelike dinner.
From An Artilleryman's Diary by Jones, Jenkins Lloyd
Bacon is now $1.37½ cts. per pound, and flour $30 per barrel.
From A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital by Jones, John Beauchamp
The hard, skim cheese made last season, and sold at 2 cts per pound, paid the patrons nothing.
From Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 12, March 22, 1884 A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside by Various
A New York hand stamp of this period has New York above, month and day in the middle and "PAID" and "3 cts" in two more lines.
From History of the Postage Stamps of the United States of America by Tiffany, John Kerr
What costs 4 cts. sells rapidly for 50 cts.
Whether laden or not, each boat is obliged to pay at the rate of 50 cts per ton, in proportion to her capacity, as a toll!
From The History of Louisville, from the Earliest Settlement till the Year 1852 by Casseday, Ben
A humorous Poem by John G. Saxe, with illustrations, 50 cts.
From The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 2 by Newell, R. H. (Robert Henry)
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