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(1861-65) Copper Civil War Store Card F-500O-1a, F.W. Mesing, Kendallville IN

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
$120
Sold
Grade
AU55BN
Auction house
Stack's Bowers

Description

Fuld IN-500O-1a is F.W. Mesing's die pair 1 in copper (a), plain-edged by PCGS's description and placed by NGC and its title in 1861-65. A dealer reads the name as F. W. Mesing, Kendallville, struck with reverse die 1335, which shows a wine barrel. Kendallville is town 500 in Fuld's Indiana list and Mesing is merchant O. A copper-nickel strike of the pair is 1d.

Cross References

Fuld 500O-1a

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