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(1861-65) Brass Civil War Store Card F-600A-3b, Cossitt Hill & Co., Memphis TN

Strike Type
1861 Store Cards coin

Coin Details

Year
1861
Denomination
Store Cards
Strike Type
Regular Strike
Series
Civil War Store Cards
Designer
Various private die sinkers including John Stanton, William Bridgens, and others
Composition
Brass
Weight
4.36g
Diameter
21.66mm

Auction Record

Price realized
$900
Sold
Grade
MS62
Auction house
Stack's Bowers

Description

Brass, letter b in the code, is the metal of Fuld TN-600A-3b, die pair 3 of the Memphis firm Cossitt Hill & Co., bracketed 1861-65. Fuld places Memphis, Tennessee, at town number 600 and the firm at letter A. The same pair also comes in copper as 3a. Memphis stood on bluffs above the Mississippi River, a trading port for the cotton country around it.

Cross References

Fuld 600A-3B

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