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(1863) Copper Civil War Store Card F-890A-12a, Bassett's, Wheeling WV

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Coin Details

Year
1863
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

Bassett's Cheap Dry Goods of Wheeling, West Virginia, is how one dealer reads the merchant die on Fuld WV-890A-12a. The card is copper, dated 1863, from die pair 12. Fuld assigns Wheeling the town number 890 and Bassett's the merchant letter A; WV is the state and the a marks copper. The same shop name turns up in dealer readings of die pairs 1, 5 and 8.

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Fuld 890A-12a

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