(1863) Brass Civil War Store Card F-750O-1b, H. Mulligan PA

Coin Details

Description

Fuld 750O-1b — store card of H. Mulligan, Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania was the Union's industrial heartland, with Philadelphia as a manufacturing center and Pittsburgh as an iron and steel producer. With 3 known varieties, H. Mulligan produced a modest number of token types. The brass composition of this variety (Fuld 750O-1b) is common to somewhat scarce for this merchant. Many Civil War tokens share common reverse dies, as die sinkers paired merchant-specific obverses with stock patriotic or advertising reverses. Private tokens entered circulation after the suspension of specie payments in late 1861 drained small change from commerce. Brass was the second most common planchet material after copper, giving tokens a golden appearance. Civil War store cards are collected both as numismatic items and as historical documents of wartime American commerce.

Rarity Notes

Brass strikings are among the more available metal variants, though typically less common than copper. With 3 cataloged varieties, H. Mulligan was a limited producer of Civil War tokens.

Cross References

Fuld 750O-1b