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(1861-65) Copper Civil War Store Card F-600E-1a, Steamer Lancaster, Memphis TN

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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

Description

Fuld TN-600E-1a is die pair 1 of the Steamer Lancaster, a riverboat name that Fuld files under Memphis, Tennessee, town 600, as merchant E. This card is copper (a), bracketed 1861-65 by its title, and PCGS lists a plain edge. Memphis was a steamboat landing on the Mississippi, and the river was reopened to Union traffic after Vicksburg fell in July 1863.

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Fuld 600E-1a

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