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(c.1872) Copper Civil War Store Card F-NC-OH-T, H. Ransick OH

Strike Type

Coin Details

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

Copper

Weight

4.67g

Diameter

19mm

Edge

Plain

Auction Record

Price realized: $25
Sold: 2 September 2021
Grade: VF Details
Auction house: Stack's Bowers

Description

Civil War store card issued by H. Ransick of Non-Contemporary. This piece is cataloged as a non-contemporary Civil War token: a restrike, copy or collector piece made after the war. Non-contemporary pieces were made after the war as restrikes, copies or collector pieces. Civil War tokens circulated alongside postage currency, fractional currency notes, and encased postage stamps as substitutes for the federal coins that had disappeared from commercial channels. Civil War tokens are collected by denomination type, state, city, and metal composition, with scarcer metals commanding significant premiums.