Wooden coins work as money in this Oregon town

By Bryan M. Vance (OPB)
July 31, 2020 6:48 p.m.

In 1933, with its only bank closed and the country in the midst of the Great Depression, the Oregon shipbuilding and timber city of North Bend turned to a local resource to keep its economy afloat. Timber!

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