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(No Date) Brass Civil War Store Card F-480B-3b, John W. Lee, Lexington KY

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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
Bronze
Weight
4.5g
Diameter
19mm
Edge
Reeded

Description

Fuld KY-480B-3b is brass (b) from die pair 3 of John W. Lee. The number places it in Lexington, Kentucky, town 480, with B for Lee as merchant. The card is undated. Lexington, the seat of Fayette County, was the chief town of the Bluegrass. For Lee's die pair 5, a dealer reads confectioner with a quart of milk. Copper and tin-plated pieces of the pair exist as 3a and 3i.

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Fuld 480B-3B

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