(No Date) Civil War Store Card F-555C-7B, NJ

Coin Details

Description

Civil War store card from Newark, New Jersey, cataloged as Fuld 555C-7B. New Jersey was a vital industrial and transportation state, with Newark, Trenton, and Paterson as major manufacturing centers where merchants issued Civil War tokens. The brass composition of this variety (Fuld 555C-7B) is common to somewhat scarce for this merchant. The absence of a date on this token is standard for the 1862-1864 era, when speed of production mattered more than formality. Token production was a specialized trade — die sinkers maintained catalogs of stock dies that merchants could pair with custom obverses. Merchant-issued tokens circulated as substitutes for scarce federal coinage throughout the Northern states between 1862 and 1864. Brass planchets were readily available to die sinkers, making this a relatively accessible metal variant for collectors.

Rarity Notes

Brass strikings are among the more available metal variants, though typically less common than copper. With 38 cataloged varieties, this merchant was a moderately active token issuer.

Cross References

Fuld 555C-7B