No Date Token F-510M-1b Brass PE F.C. Stump KY

Coin Details

Description

This undated brass Civil War store card cataloged as Fuld 510M-1b features a patriotic die (PE) issued by F.C. Stump of Kentucky. F.C. Stump's token is another entry in the Kentucky 510 Fuld series, documenting the widespread issuance of patriotic Civil War tokens by merchants in this critical border state. Kentucky's decision to remain in the Union was pivotal to the war's outcome, as secession would have given the Confederacy control of the Ohio River and threatened Union positions throughout the upper Mississippi Valley. Merchants like F.C. Stump who issued Union patriotic tokens contributed to the visual and commercial expression of loyalty in a state where that loyalty was contested daily. The brass composition and patriotic imagery created a token that was both practical emergency currency and political declaration during one of the most divisive periods in American history.

Rarity Notes

Brass Civil War store card. Fuld 510M-1b. F.C. Stump, Kentucky. Border state patriotic token.

Cross References

PCGS #629279; Fuld 510M-1b; F.C. Stump, KY