Maine Thomaston State Prison Canteen Coupon 5- 5 cents UNC CHITS
Specifications
| All Returns Accepted | ReturnsNotAccepted |
| Circulated/Uncirculated | Uncirculated |
| Denomination | 5 cents |
| Type | Prison Currency |
| Grade | Ungraded |
| Grade Designation | UNC |
| Country/Region Of Manufacture | United States |
| Certification | Uncertified |
UNC serial # 29593ALL COUPONS ARE STILL ATTACHED IN BOOK Thomaston Maine State Prison Canteen Coupon 5 cents 5 COUPONs Chits.Printed by the Globe ticket co. Boston U.S.A. THIS AUCTION IS FOR 5 -5 cents COUPONS. History of the Maine State Prison Thomason was the location of the Maine State Prison from 1824 until the winter of 2002. The prison actually had many transformations during its 178-year history here. The first version of the prison actually had underground cells – deep holds into which prisoners were lowered each night and brought up in the daytime to labor in the stone quarry on the prison property. Iron bars were placed over the cell holes in the ground and those were partially covered with a tarp during inclement weather. A prisoner could not stand on a chair or his cot and reach the bars because the cells were extremely deep in the ground.
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