(No Date) Civil War Store Card F-230E-1A, OH

Coin Details

Description

Fuld 230E-1A — store card of S. Wild, Dayton, Ohio. Dayton was a prosperous manufacturing city known for its agricultural machinery and paper production. With 3 known varieties, S. Wild produced a modest number of token types. This copper striking (Fuld 230E-1A) is common among the known varieties. This undated piece entered commerce during the 1862-1864 period when millions of private tokens replaced vanished federal coinage. Token manufacturers struck pieces by the thousands, using hand-fed screw presses capable of producing several hundred tokens per hour. Between 1862 and 1864, Northern merchants produced millions of private tokens to compensate for the disappearance of federal coinage. The Fuld catalog documents thousands of distinct die combinations for Civil War store cards, making this one of the most complex series in American numismatics.

Rarity Notes

Copper strikings are generally the most common metal variant for Civil War store cards, as copper was the standard planchet material mimicking the federal cent. With 3 cataloged varieties, S. Wild was a limited producer of Civil War tokens.

Cross References

Fuld 230E-1A