Good For 5 Cents Antique Ink Drawing folk art puppets 5" tall not including sword

5" tall not including sword

and seem to be just  a hair larger in size than later iterations

perfect for heavy use

And then on the backs are clever rhymes for each

Good For 5 Cents Antique Ink Drawing folk art puppets 5" tall not including swordWhoever made this drawing, or whoever accepted it in lieu of 5 cents, must have thought pretty highly of it, as 5 cents would have gone quite a ways then. Or, perhaps the smoking figure at top represents the owner of a farm, owing 5 cents to the hoeing laborer below, reminding one a bit of Venmo transaction emojis now! Whatever the case, its endurance over a century and a quarter or so certainly attest to its value to at least a few someones, and of