(No Date) Brass Civil War Store Card F-165BU-1b, Herancourt's-John Stanton OH

Coin Details

Auction Record

$223 NG0 10-08-2014 Heritage Auctions

Description

Herancourt's-John Stanton of Ohio issued this token as emergency currency during the Civil War. The breadth of Ohio's Civil War token production reflects the state's diverse economy, from Cincinnati's river trade to Cleveland's Lake Erie shipping to interior manufacturing towns. The brass composition of this variety (Fuld 165BU-1b) is common to somewhat scarce for this merchant. This undated piece entered commerce during the 1862-1864 period when millions of private tokens replaced vanished federal coinage. Each unique combination of obverse and reverse dies constitutes a separate Fuld catalog number, even when struck in the same metal. Between 1862 and 1864, Northern merchants produced millions of private tokens to compensate for the disappearance of federal coinage. The brass composition gives this token a warm golden tone that contrasts with the reddish-brown of copper strikings.

Rarity Notes

Brass strikings are among the more available metal variants, though typically less common than copper. With 1 cataloged varieties, Herancourt's-John Stanton was a limited producer of Civil War tokens.

Cross References

Fuld 165BU-1b