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(1861-65) Copper Civil War Store Card F-280A-1a, Bittrolff & Geisler, Evansville IN

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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
Plain

Description

Fuld IN-280A-1a is a copper (a) store card from Evansville, Indiana, Fuld town 280, merchant A, die pair 1, dated 1861-65 (title and NGC). A dealer's write-up of these dies reads the merchant as Bittrolff & Geisler, jewelers, Evansville. The 280 stands for Evansville in Fuld's Indiana list. Evansville, on the Ohio River across from Kentucky, served as a river port for southern Indiana during the war.

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Fuld 280A-1A

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