Jack's Play Money

Popeye Play-Store Money (102)

This comic appeared weekly in the Sunday comic sections of the early 1940's newspapers. All of these pieces have been cut from the newspaper and are in good condition.

The picture to the right is a description of a typical item. This was copied from an article I wrote for the June 2001 Fun Money newsletter.

Nine of the items below are linked to pictures, starting with number 10. Navigation arrows at the bottom each picture make it easy to go from picture to picture.
This group has been sold and the page is only here for information purposes.
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Product Name - Date - Number of Coins & Denominations
  1. Anti-Spring Pills - 5/16/43 - 5: one penny, five cents, one dime, twenty-five cents, fifty cents
  2. Apple Juice - 5/31/42 - 3: one penny, one dime, fifty cents
  3. Apple Tarts - 8/30/42 - 3: one dime, fifty cents, thirty dollars
  4. Beef Soup - 5/3/42 - 3: five cents, one dime, fifty cents
  5. Bird's Nest Soup - 1/11/42 - 2: one cent, one dime
  6. Bottled Sea Air - 9/20/42 - 2: one dime, fifty cents
  7. Bread Crumbs - 1/3/43 - 2: one dime, three dollars
  8. Brown Sugar - 3/29/42 - 3: one penny, one dime, fifty cents
  9. Burnt Toast - 1/17/43 - 2: fifty cents, one dollar
  10. Carrot Candy - 5/18/41 - 5: one penny, five cents, one dime, fifty cents, one dollar
  11. Catnip - 8/23/42 - 3: one dime, fifty cents, five dollars
  12. Cherry Pie Filling - 2/22/42 - 2: one penny, one dime
  13. Chicken Soup - 6/14/42 - 2: one penny, fifty cents
  14. Coconut - 3/9/41 - 3: five cents, one dime, fifty cents
  15. Coconut Cake - 3/21/43 - 2: five cents, one dime
  16. Corn on the cob - 5/25/41 - 4: one penny, five cents, twenty-five cents, one dollar
  17. Cube Sugar - 11/16/41 - 2: one penny, one dime
  18. Cup Cakes - 1/18/42 - 3: five cents, twenty-five cents, fifty cents
  19. Daisy Seeds - 6/13/43 - 4: one dime, twenty-five cents, fifty cents, one dollar
  20. Dates - 11/23/41 - 2: one dime, twenty-five cents
  21. Dog Food - 10/19/41 - 3: five cents, one dime, one dollar
  22. Elephant Cakes - 6/21/42 - 3: one dime, fifty cents, one dollar
  23. Explorers' Lunch - 6/28/42 - 2: five cents, one dollar
  24. Fish Bait - 3/7/43 - 2: one dime, fifty cents
  25. Fish Biscuits - 9/6/42 - 3: one dime, fifty cents, five dollars
  26. Fish Cake - 11/29/42 - 2: one dime, fifty cents
  27. Fish Soap Chips - 4/4/43 - 6: one penny (2), five cents (2), one dime (2)
  28. Fish, smoked - 9/7/41 - 3: one penny, one dime, fifty cents
  29. Fish, smoked - 5/24/42 - 3: five cents, one dime, one dollar
  30. Floor Wax - 1/4/42 - 2: one penny, five cents
  31. Giant Peas - 12/27/42 - 2: one dime, ten dollars
  32. Giraffe Soap - 7/5/42 - 2: fifty cents, one dollar
  33. Glow Soap - 9/14/41 - 3: one dime, fifty cents, one dollar
  34. Grape Soda - 5/17/42 - 2: five cents, twenty-five cents
  35. Hair Plaster - 2/7/43 - 2: one dime, twenty-five cents
  36. Hair Tonic - 11/8/42 - 2: five cents, one dime
  37. Happy Cookies - 8/16/42 - 3: five cents, fifty cents, one dollar
  38. Happy Fish, Fish Food - 12/8/40 - 4: one penny, five cents, one dime, fifty cents
  39. Hardtack - 5/10/42 - 2: one dime, fifty cents
  40. Honey Bee Honey - 1/10/42 - 2: one dime, one dollar
  41. Horse-Radish - 9/27/42 - 2: one dime, fifty cents
  42. Ice Water - 8/2/42 - 3: one dime, fifty cents, one dollar
  43. Island Corn - 11/1/42 - 2: twenty-five cents, fifty cents
  44. Jeep Biscuit - 2/16/41 - 5: one penny, five cents, one dime, twenty-five cents, fifty cents
  45. Leg of Veal - 3/15/42 - 3: five cents, one dime, twenty-five cents
  46. Mountain Honey - 10/11/42 - 2: five cents, five dollars
  47. Mud-Pack, Olive Oyl's - 10/25/42 - 2: five cents, five dollars
  48. Mushrooms - 4/26/42 - 4: one dime, twenty-five cents, fifty cents, one dollar
  49. One Punch Jam - 12/14/41 - 2: fifty cents, one dollar
  50. Onion Juice - 11/15/42 - 2: one dime, twenty-five cents
  51. Orange Juice - 8/31/41 - 3: five cents, one dime, 5¢
  52. Owl Oats - 5/23/43 - 4: one penny, one dime, twenty-five cents, fifty cents
  53. Pancake Flour - 4/27/41 - 2: five cents, one dime
  54. Parrot Corn - 10/4/42 - 2: one dime, fifty cents
  55. Parsley - 5/9/43 - 5: one penny, five cents, one dime, fifty cents, one dollar
  56. Peach Cheese - 5/30/43 - 5: one penny, five cents, one dime, fifty cents, three dollars
  57. Perfumed Onions - 1/31/43 - 2: one penny, fifty cents
  58. Plant Food - 7/19/42 - 2: one dime, fifty cents
  59. Pop-Corn - 2/9/41 - 3: one penny, five cents, one dime
  60. Popeye's Spinach Cookies - 1/26/41 - 3: one penny, five cents, one dime
  61. Pumpkin, Best - 1942 - 2: twenty-five cents, fifty cents
  62. Quack Food - 12/6/42 - 2: five dollars, ten dollars
  63. Quack-proof Duckburgers - 4/11/43 - 6: one penny, five cents, one dime, fifty cents, one dollar, five dollars
  64. Raw Milk, Spinachized! - 9/13/42 - 3: one dime, twenty-five cents, fifty cents
  65. Red Apple Cider - 10/18/42 - 4: five cents, one dime, one dollar, five dollars
  66. Red Cherries - 4/5/42 - 3: five cents, fifty cents, one dollar
  67. Sailor's Hash - 10/26/41 - 2: five cents, one dime
  68. Scrambled Eggs - 12/20/42 - 2: twenty-five cents, ten dollars
  69. Sea Foam - 7/18/43 - 5: five cents, one dime, twenty-five cents, fifty cents, five dollars
  70. Sea-Food Soup - 1940-41 - 3: one dime, fifty cents, one dollar
  71. Sea Tomatoes - 2/28/43 - 2: twenty-five cents, fifty cents
  72. Shoe Polish - 9/21/41 - 3: five cents, one dime, twenty-five cents
  73. Sirloin Steak - 3/1/42 - 2: twenty-five cents, one dollar
  74. Spaghetti - 7/13/41 - 3: one dime, twenty-five cents, one dollar
  75. Spinach - 11/22/42 - 2: fifty cents, ten dollars
  76. Spinach Pills - 8/9/42 - 2: five cents, five dollars
  77. Split Peas - 12/21/41 - 4: five cents, one dime, fifty cents, one dollar
  78. Square Macaroni - 2/21/43 - 2: one dime, fifty cents
  79. Sun Shine, Liquefied - 12/13/42 - 2: fifty cents, one dollar
  80. Sun Water - 3/14/43 - 2: one penny, five dollars
  81. Sweet Pickles - 10/5/41 - 3: five cents, one dime, fifty cents
  82. Taste Pills, Chicken - 7/26/42 - 3: one dime, fifty cents, one dollar
  83. Tinted Salt - 1/24/43 - 2: one dime, five dollars
  84. Tomato Juice - 1/5/41 - 5: one penny, five cents, one dime, twenty-five cents, fifty cents
  85. Tomato Paste - 4/19/42 - 4: one penny, five cents, one dime, twenty-five cents
  86. Tooth Picks - 4/25/43 - 5: one penny, five cents, one dime, twenty-five cents, one dollar
  87. Vinegar - 9/28/41 - 4: one penny, five cents, one dime, fifty cents
  88. Vitamin Nuts - 6/27/43 - 5: one penny, five cents, one dime, fifty cents, one dollar
  89. Vitamin Soup - 3/28/43 - 2: five cents, twenty-five cents
  90. Vulture Feed - 7/4/43 - 5: one penny, five cents, one dime, fifty cents, one dollar
  91. Water Soup - 6/20/43 - 5: five cents, one dime, twenty-five cents, fifty cents, one dollar
  92. Watermelon Seeds - 5/2/43 - 5: one penny, five cents, one dime, twenty-five cents, fifty cents
  93. Wedding Cake - 7/11/43 - 3: five cents, fifty cents, five dollars
  94. Wild Rice - 3/8/42 - 3: one penny, fifty cents, one dollar
  95. Wimpy's Burger Buns - 4/18/43 - 3: five cents, one dime, fifty cents
  96. Wimpy's Chili Beans - 6/7/42 - 3: one penny, one dime, fifty cents
  97. Wimpy's Hamburger - 3/2/41 - 3: one penny, five cents, one dime
  98. Wimpy's Meat Sauce - 2/15/42 - 2: fifty cents, one dollar
  99. Wimpy's Mustard Buns - 12/28/41 - 5: one penny, five cents, one dime, fifty cents, one dollar
  100. Wise Bird Eggs - 6/6/43 - 5: one penny, five cents, one dime, fifty cents, one dollar
  101. Wiz-Bird Food - 2/14/43 - 2: five cents, fifty dollars
  102. Wonder Bush - 7/12/42 - 3: five cents, twenty-five cents, one dollar

Many of the above listed panels are displayed in a Dropbox folder.