(1861-65) Civil War Store Card F-150F-1B, Chicago IL
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Description
Civil War store card from Illinois, cataloged as Fuld 150F-1B. Illinois was a critical Union state with Chicago rapidly becoming one of America's largest commercial centers, driving token production across the state. Civil War tokens rarely bear dates. This piece was struck during the 1862-1864 coin shortage, when merchants needed emergency small change. 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. Token production peaked in 1863, when the coin shortage was most acute.
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Fuld 150F-1B
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Other Strike Types in This Series
(1860) Brass Civil War Store Card F-150J-14b, Childs, Chicago IL
(1860) Civil War Store Card F-150J-14C, Chicago IL
(1860) Copper Civil War Store Card F-150AT-8a, W. G. Peck, Chicago IL
(1860) Copper Civil War Store Card F-150AZ-4a, F.E. Rigby, Chicago IL
(1860) Copper Civil War Store Card F-150BC-6a, C & S. Stein, Chicago IL
(1860) Copper Civil War Store Card F-150I-4a, A. Candler, Chicago IL
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