(1864) Copper-Nickel Civil War Store Card F-100B-14d, Snow Hill WV
Strike Type
Coin Details
Auction Record
- Price realized
- $6,600
- Sold
- Grade
- MS64
- Auction house
- Stack's Bowers
Description
Snow Hill, based in Charleston, West Virginia, produced this token as a cent substitute during the wartime coin shortage. West Virginia separated from Virginia in 1863 to remain in the Union. Its merchants produced tokens to address the coin shortage in the newly formed state. The hoarding of federal coinage created an acute shortage of small change, prompting thousands of merchants to issue tokens as practical substitutes. The copper-nickel composition gave these tokens the closest resemblance to federal coinage of any metal variant. Civil War store cards are collected both as numismatic items and as historical documents of wartime American commerce.
Cross References
Fuld 100B-14d
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Other Strike Types in This Series
(1861-65) Brass Civil War Store Card F-890D-2b, R.C. Graves, Wheeling WV
(1861-65) Copper Civil War Store Card F-100A-5a, Lorena Furnace WV
(1861-65) Copper Civil War Store Card F-100B-1a, Snow Hill WV
(1861-65) Copper Civil War Store Card F-100a-3a, Lorena Furnace WV
(1861-65) Copper Civil War Store Card F-890B-4a, John Eckhart, Wheeling WV
(1861-65) Copper Civil War Store Card F-890B-5a, John Eckhart, Wheeling WV
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