coonskin

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For years currency in different parts of the country included tobacco, coonskins, honey, wild turkey and venison.

From Time Magazine Archive

As Grandpa had predicted, the price of coonskins jumped sky-high.

From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls

A hundred yards from the fire, I realized we had forgotten the coonskins.

From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls

Rita went hurriedly into Tom's room and put on the great-coat, made of coonskins, a pair of squirrel-skin gloves, and a heavy beaver cap with curtains that fell almost to her shoulders.

From A Forest Hearth: A Romance of Indiana in the Thirties by Major, Charles

Often, after a hard day's work, he hunted half of the night to obtain coonskins and other furs.

From Personal Recollections of Pardee Butler by Boggs, John, Elder