(No Date) Civil War Store Card F-165FQ-2B, OH

Coin Details

Description

Merchant token from Wm. E. Sinn of Ohio, cataloged as Fuld 165FQ-2B. Ohio's extensive commercial networks across dozens of cities generated an unparalleled body of merchant token issues during the 1862-1864 coin shortage. With 3 known varieties, Wm. E. Sinn produced a modest number of token types. The brass composition of this variety (Fuld 165FQ-2B) 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 3 cataloged varieties, Wm. E. Sinn was a limited producer of Civil War tokens.

Cross References

Fuld 165FQ-2B