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(No Date) Civil War Store Card F-150B-2D, KS

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-Nickel
Weight
4.2g
Diameter
19mm
Edge
Reeded

Description

Civil War store card from Kansas, cataloged as Fuld 150B-2D. Kansas had been "Bleeding Kansas" in the 1850s slavery debate and was strongly Unionist. This undated piece entered commerce during the 1862-1864 period when millions of private tokens replaced vanished federal coinage. The dies for merchant tokens were usually cut by professional die sinkers. Store cards circulated as emergency currency after wartime hoarding removed federal coins from commercial channels. Collectors classify Civil War tokens by the Fuld numbering system, which catalogs each unique die combination with rarity ratings from R-1 (over 5,000 known) to R-10 (unique).

Cross References

Fuld 150B-2D

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