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(1861-65) Copper Civil War Store Card F-555A-6a, J.L. Agens & Co., Newark NJ

Strike Type

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 NJ-555A-6a: die pair 6 of J.L. Agens & Co., Newark, New Jersey, in copper (a), bracketed 1861-65 by NGC. Town 555 is Newark in Fuld's numbering and A is the Agens merchant letter. A dealer's lot of a copper piece reads the merchant side as "J L Agens No 1 Commerce St. Newark NJ" and the other side as "IOU 1 Pure Copper Cent", a promise to redeem the card for one cent.

Cross References

Fuld 555A-6A

External References

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Other Strike Types in This Series

(1860-65) Brass Civil War Store Card F-885A-1b, B.W. Titus, Trenton NJ

(1860-65) Copper Civil War Store Card F-555A-5a, J.L. Agens & Co., Newark NJ

(1861-65) Brass Civil War Store Card F-555C-12b, J. Wightman, Newark NJ

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