Issued by Knox County Celebration Committee in 1938 for the 150th Anniversary of the Northwest Territory. Green ink on wood sheet. Obv: Conestoga type wagon and map of the Northwest Territory. “SOUVENIR / NORTHEAST TERRITORY 150TH ANNIVERSARY / 1788 / 1938 / Mount Vernon, Ohio. / May Third / Souvenir / No. 10919 / W A. Ackerman / CHAIRMAN / C. F. Allending / SECRETARY / ONE WOODEN NICKEL”, the text “FOR THE OHIO” is on the canvas of the wagon, and the number “5” within a circle at each of the four corners. Rev: Text in center, canal boat to left and Conestoga type wagon to right. “Souvenir / This wooden certificate is issued by the Knox County Cele / bration Committee in commemoration of / the settlement of Marietta, April 7, 1788, the first organized settlement west / of the Original Thirteen Colonies, and the establishment / of government in the Northwest Territory on July 15, 1788, / and is redeemable at the face value stamped thereon in / United States coin at Knox County Celebration Committee / headquarters, Chamber of Commerce Building, Mount Vernon, / Ohio, up to Wednesday noon, May 4, 1938. / Knox County Celebration Committee / ONE WOODEN NICKEL” / The number 5 is encircled at each of the four corners. The certificate is 140 mm wide, 65 mm high. First submission: by Galen Neibarger October 24, 2004. Image courtesy of Galen Neibarger.
Northwest Territory 1938
