(1861-65) Copper Civil War Store Card F-100A-5a, Lorena Furnace WV
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Civil War merchant token bearing the name of Lorena Furnace in West Virginia. West Virginia separated from Virginia in 1863 to remain in the Union. Its merchants produced tokens to address the coin shortage in the newly formed state. Die sinkers offered several metals; copper was the most used, and silver strikings were made for collectors. The token era ended in 1864, when Congress authorized a bronze cent and two-cent piece and outlawed private tokens. The federal response included postage and fractional currency notes, eventually in values as small as three cents. Collectors were buying Civil War tokens from the makers during the war itself, including rare die pairings and off-metal strikes.
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Fuld 100A-5a
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Other Strike Types in This Series
(1861-65) Brass Civil War Store Card F-890D-2b, R.C. Graves, Wheeling WV
(1861-65) Copper Civil War Store Card F-100B-1a, Snow Hill WV
(1861-65) Copper Civil War Store Card F-100a-3a, Lorena Furnace WV
(1861-65) Copper Civil War Store Card F-890B-4a, John Eckhart, Wheeling WV
(1861-65) Copper Civil War Store Card F-890B-5a, John Eckhart, Wheeling WV
(1861-65) Copper Civil War Store Card F-890D-2a, R.C. Graves, Wheeling WV
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