(1864) Civil War Store Card F-132A/149b, b LINCOLN - J

Coin Details

Description

Civil War token cataloged as Fuld 132A/149b, combining obverse die 132 — a portrait of President Abraham Lincoln — with reverse die 149 bearing a Lincoln-Johnson campaign pairing. The Lincoln-Johnson ticket won the 1864 election on the National Union platform. Lincoln obverse dies are prized for their direct connection to the wartime president. These tokens served as both emergency currency and portable political endorsements of the Union cause. The absence of merchant information on this die combination places it in the Fuld catalog's Location Unknown section, among tokens produced as patriotic cent substitutes rather than as advertising pieces. Dated 1864, near the end of the Civil War token era. The introduction of fractional currency and the Act of April 22, 1864 soon made private tokens obsolete.

Rarity Notes

Copper strikings are generally the most common metal variant for Civil War store cards, as copper was the standard planchet material mimicking the federal cent. With 1 cataloged varieties, b LINCOLN - J was a limited producer of Civil War tokens.

Cross References

Fuld 132A/149b