Token F-440A-5A MI

Coin Details

Description

This Civil War token is cataloged as Fuld 440A-5A from Michigan. The fifth die combination continues the 440A obverse's documented production run. Michigan's Civil War tokens from the 440-series contribute to a state catalog that, while smaller than Ohio's or New York's, provides important documentation of wartime commercial activity in the Great Lakes region. Third-party grading and authentication services have helped standardize the token market, providing collectors with reliable condition assessments and attribution verification for pieces across all historical periods. Token rarity assessments must account for the often-limited geographic distribution of original issues, as pieces that circulated in a single community may have survived in very small numbers despite initially adequate production quantities. Each die combination represents a specific manufacturing decision — the pairing of a particular obverse die with a specific reverse die — that created a unique variety within the Fuld classification system.

Rarity Notes

Civil War token, Fuld 440A-5A. Copper. Michigan 440-series.

Cross References

PCGS #942460; Fuld 440A-5A MI