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(1863) White Metal Civil War Store Card F-580A-1e, Pfeiffer & Co. VA

Strike Type

Coin Details

Year

1863

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

Lead

Weight

3.5g

Diameter

19mm

Description

Pfeiffer & Co. of Virginia issued this Civil War store card during the 1862-1864 coin shortage. Tokens originated from Union-held areas like Norfolk or Alexandria. Many Civil War tokens share common reverse dies, as die sinkers paired merchant-specific obverses with stock patriotic or advertising reverses. Civil War tokens addressed a practical problem: the wartime disappearance of federal small change made daily transactions nearly impossible without private substitutes.

Cross References

Fuld 580A-1e

External References

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(No Date) Lead Civil War Store Card F-580A-1g, Pfeiffer & Co. VA

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