(1864) Copper Civil War Store Card F-193A/470Aa, One Country

Coin Details

Auction Record

$630 XF40BN 01-12-2022 Stack's Bowers

Description

Civil War token cataloged as Fuld 193A/470Aa, combining obverse die 193 — a shield, Washington, or patriotic design — with reverse die 470 bearing the inscription "ONE COUNTRY". Civil War tokens were privately struck cent-sized pieces that circulated as emergency currency during 1862-1864, when wartime hoarding drained federal coinage from commerce. Copper was preferred for token production because its properties matched the federal cent specification closely enough that these pieces passed freely in commerce during 1862-1864. Cataloged under "Location Unknown" in the Fuld reference because the die combination carries no merchant or geographic attribution. Bearing the date 1864. Congress outlawed private token production in April 1864, making late-dated pieces among the last Civil War tokens manufactured.

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, One Country was a limited producer of Civil War tokens.

Cross References

Fuld 193A/470Aa