(1861-65) Brass Civil War Store Card F-765R-2b, Pittsburgh PA
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Merchant token from Pittsburgh of Pennsylvania, cataloged as Fuld 765R-2b. Pennsylvania was the Union's industrial heartland, with Philadelphia as a manufacturing center and Pittsburgh as an iron and steel producer. Professional die sinkers like John Stanton, Benjamin True, and William Bridgens supplied dies to merchants across the Northern states. Federal coins vanished from circulation in 1862 as people hoarded silver and then cents, leaving merchants to fill the gap with tokens. Token production peaked in 1863, when the coin shortage was most acute.
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Fuld 765R-2b
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Other Strike Types in This Series
(1861) Brass Civil War Store Card F-525A-1b, S.H. Zahm, Lancaster PA
(1861) Copper Civil War Store Card F-525A-1a, S.H. Zahm, Lancaster PA
(1861) Copper Civil War Store Card F-750H-1a, Chestnut & Walnut, Philadelphia PA
(1861) Copper-Nickel Civil War Store Card F-360A-1do, W. Bell's, Erie PA
(1861) German Silver Civil War Store Card F-750U-1j, A.B. Taylor, Philadelphia PA
(1861) Silver Civil War Store Card F-525A-1f, S.H. Zahm, Lancaster PA
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