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(1861-65) Copper Civil War Store Card F-150AN-1a, G.R. Meyer, Chicago IL

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
Copper
Weight
4.67g
Diameter
19mm
Edge
Plain

Auction Record

Price realized
$1,800
Sold
Grade
AU58BN
Auction house
Stack's Bowers

Description

Fuld IL-150AN-1a is the copper (a) card of G.R. Meyer of Chicago, Illinois, die pair 1; NGC dates it 1861-65 and PCGS calls the edge plain. Town 150 is Chicago; AN is the merchant code. A dealer reading a brass piece from these dies gives Good For 5 Cts with Meyer's name, and a reverse showing a house on a hill among trees, a tall flagpole, a small horse-drawn carriage and a picket fence along a plank sidewalk.

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Fuld 150AN-1a

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