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(No Date) Civil War Store Card F-150D-5A, KS

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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
Reeded

Description

Civil War store card from Kansas, cataloged as Fuld 150D-5A. Kansas had been "Bleeding Kansas" in the 1850s slavery debate and was strongly Unionist. Like the majority of Civil War store cards, this token is undated, produced during the acute 1862-1864 small change crisis. The token trade was competitive, with die sinkers in New York, Cincinnati, and other cities vying for merchant orders across the region. The token era ended in 1864, when Congress authorized a bronze cent and two-cent piece and outlawed private tokens. Collectors were buying Civil War tokens from the makers during the war itself, including rare die pairings and off-metal strikes.

Cross References

Fuld 150D-5A

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