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(1861-65) Civil War Store Card F-510A-4B, Louisville 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
Plain

Description

Civil War store card from Kentucky, cataloged as Fuld 510A-4B. Kentucky was a critical border state maintaining Union loyalty while deeply divided. Louisville served as a major supply depot and source of merchant tokens. The absence of a date is typical for Civil War tokens produced during the 1862-1864 emergency currency period. Merchants typically ordered tokens from die-sinkers who maintained inventories of patriotic and advertising dies for rapid production. Until Congress banned private tokens in 1864, tokens like this one circulated freely as cent substitutes in Northern commerce. Estimates of Civil War token output run from 25 million (Fuld) to about 50 million (CWTS), struck before Congress banned private tokens in 1864.

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Fuld 510A-4B

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