(1863) Civil War Store Card F-220A-2FP, Elizabeth NJ
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Description
Civil War merchant token bearing the name of John Engel, located in Elizabeth, New Jersey. New Jersey was a vital industrial and transportation state, with Newark, Trenton, and Paterson as major manufacturing centers where merchants issued Civil War tokens. Civil War tokens rarely bear dates. This piece was struck during the 1862-1864 coin shortage, when merchants needed emergency small change. 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. Token production peaked in 1863, when the coin shortage was most acute.
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Fuld 220A-2FP
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Other Strike Types in This Series
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(1860-65) Copper Civil War Store Card F-555A-5a, J.L. Agens & Co., Newark NJ
(1861-65) Brass Civil War Store Card F-555A-8b, J.L. Agens & Co., Newark NJ
(1861-65) Brass Civil War Store Card F-555C-10b, J. Wightman, Newark NJ
(1861-65) Brass Civil War Store Card F-555C-11b, J. Wightman, Newark NJ
(1861-65) Brass Civil War Store Card F-555C-12b, J. Wightman, Newark NJ
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