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(1861-65) Copper Civil War Store Card F-NC-TN-A

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
Reeded

Description

Civil War store card from Non-Contemporary, cataloged under Fuld NC-TN-A. This piece is cataloged as a non-contemporary Civil War token: a restrike, copy or collector piece made after the war. Non-contemporary pieces were made after the war as restrikes, copies or collector pieces. Estimates of Civil War token output run from 25 million (Fuld) to about 50 million (CWTS), most struck between 1862 and 1864. Surviving examples of Civil War tokens document the ingenuity of Northern merchants in maintaining commercial activity during the disruption of the federal coinage system.

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Fuld NC-TN-A

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