No Date Token F-165BWa-4a Copper PE F.W. Lutz OH

Coin Details

Description

This undated copper Civil War store card cataloged as Fuld 165BWa-4a features a patriotic die (PE) issued by F.W. Lutz of Ohio. Like many Ohio Civil War token issuers, the Lutz surname indicates German immigrant origins. The 165BW Fuld series designation places this within a specific Ohio locality, and the "a-4a" suffix identifies the particular die combination in copper. F.W. Lutz was among the many small-business owners who responded to the wartime coinage shortage by issuing private tokens that served both as advertising and as emergency circulating currency. The patriotic die paired with Lutz's merchant identification created a piece that expressed both commercial enterprise and Union loyalty, the twin motivations that drove Civil War store card production across the Northern states during 1862-1864.

Rarity Notes

Copper Civil War store card. Fuld 165BWa-4a. F.W. Lutz, Ohio.

Cross References

PCGS #658007; Fuld 165BWa-4a; F.W. Lutz, OH