(1861-65) Civil War Store Card F-765R-3c, Pittsburgh PA
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Description
Pittsburgh of Pennsylvania produced this token as a cent substitute during the wartime coin shortage. Pennsylvania was the Union's industrial heartland, with Philadelphia as a manufacturing center and Pittsburgh as an iron and steel producer. This undated piece entered commerce during the 1862-1864 period when millions of private tokens replaced vanished federal coinage. The dies for merchant tokens were usually cut by professional die sinkers. Until Congress banned private tokens in 1864, tokens like this one circulated freely as cent substitutes in Northern commerce.
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Fuld 765R-3c
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Other Strike Types in This Series
(1861) Brass Civil War Store Card F-525A-1b, S.H. Zahm, Lancaster PA
(1861) Copper Civil War Store Card F-525A-1a, S.H. Zahm, Lancaster PA
(1861) Copper Civil War Store Card F-750H-1a, Chestnut & Walnut, Philadelphia PA
(1861) Copper-Nickel Civil War Store Card F-360A-1do, W. Bell's, Erie PA
(1861) German Silver Civil War Store Card F-750U-1j, A.B. Taylor, Philadelphia PA
(1861) Silver Civil War Store Card F-525A-1f, S.H. Zahm, Lancaster PA
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