(No Date) Brass Civil War Store Card F-330B-1b, Dr. E. Dillon & Son OH

Coin Details

Description

Dr. E. Dillon & Son of Ohio produced this token as a cent substitute during the wartime coin shortage. 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. With 4 known varieties, Dr. E. Dillon & Son produced a modest number of token types. Struck in brass, this die combination (Fuld 330B-1b) is common to somewhat scarce. The absence of a date is typical for Civil War tokens produced during the 1862-1864 emergency currency period. Many Civil War tokens share common reverse dies, as die sinkers paired merchant-specific obverses with stock patriotic or advertising reverses. Store cards circulated as emergency currency after wartime hoarding removed federal coins from commercial channels. Brass was the second most common planchet material after copper, giving tokens a golden appearance.

Rarity Notes

Brass strikings are among the more available metal variants, though typically less common than copper. With 4 cataloged varieties, Dr. E. Dillon & Son was a limited producer of Civil War tokens.

Cross References

Fuld 330B-1b