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Rulau Ct-Ha 19, Robert Fulton Dollar

Strike Type
Store Cards coin

Coin Details

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
White Metal
Weight
3g
Diameter
19mm

Description

Civil War store card from Connecticut, cataloged under Fuld Ct-Ha-19. Connecticut was an arms-making center in the war, with Colt in Hartford and the New Haven Arms Company. The absence of a date is common among Civil War tokens, most of which were produced in 1863 at the peak of the small change crisis. Private tokens entered circulation after the suspension of specie payments in late 1861 drained small change from commerce, with merchants issuing their own pieces to keep trade moving.

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Rulau Ct Ha 19

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