No Date Token F-100B-2b Brass RE Snow Hill WV

Coin Details

Description

This undated brass Civil War store card cataloged as Fuld 100B-2b features a reverse die (RE) from Snow Hill, West Virginia. Civil War store cards were privately issued tokens that circulated as emergency currency during the Civil War when federal coinage disappeared from circulation due to hoarding. The Fuld catalog number identifies the specific die combination: 100B designates the die series and 2b indicates the particular obverse-reverse pairing in brass. Snow Hill (now known as Pruntytown) was a small community in Taylor County, West Virginia, which had separated from Virginia in 1863 to remain in the Union. Store cards from West Virginia are particularly interesting because the state's creation during the war adds a unique political dimension to these tokens of commerce and necessity.

Rarity Notes

Brass Civil War store card. Fuld 100B-2b. West Virginia CWT pieces carry premium due to state's wartime origin.

Cross References

PCGS #629297; Fuld 100B-2b; Snow Hill, WV Civil War Store Card