Antedating of "Tooth Fairy"

[Alice Faber]

Kim & Rima McKinzey wrote:
>>...When I was a child, the Tooth
>>Fairy gave you ten cents for an ordinary tooth and 25 cents for a molar.
>>Which was a big deal in "those days".
>
>My memory is 25 cents (and when exactly did the cent sign disappear
>from keyboards?) - but I don't remember any differentiation between
>regular teeth or molars.

It's not on my keyboard, but it's in the Mac character set:
¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢. (option-4).
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