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Civil War tokens are token coins that were privately minted and distributed in the United States between 1861 and 1864. They were used mainly in the Northeast and Midwest. The widespread use of the tokens was a result of the scarcity of government-issued cents during the Civil War. Civil War tokens became illegal after the United States ...
The economic turmoil of the American Civil War caused government-issued coins, even the non-silver Indian Head cent, to vanish from circulation, hoarded by the public. One means of filling this gap was private token issues, often made of bronze.
In North America, tokens were originally issued by merchants from the 18th century in regions where national or local colonial governments did not issue enough small denomination coins for circulation. In the United States, Hard times tokens issued from 1832 to 1844 and Civil War tokens issued in the 1860s made up for shortages of official ...
Sutler. A Dutch female sutler with her baby and dead husband during the Battle of Waterloo. Painted by Jacobus Josephus Eeckhout. Sutler's tent at the Siege of Petersburg during the American Civil War. A sutler or victualer is a civilian merchant who sells provisions to an army in the field, in camp, or in quarters.
The Token and Medal Society was founded on November 19, 1960, in Detroit and formally incorporated on April 8, 1966. [1] Among the founding members were well-known numismatists Q. David Bowers, Clifford Mishler, and Russell Rulau. [2] TAMS encompasses a wide range of material, including civil war tokens, hard times tokens, subway tokens and ...
The Confederate States dollarwas first issued just before the outbreak of the American Civil Warby the newly formed Confederacy. It was not backed by hard assets, but simply by a promise to pay the bearer after the war, on the prospect of Southern victory and independence. As the Civil War progressed and victory for the South seemed less and ...
In addition, the Red Book lists commemorative coins, mint sets and proof sets, and bullion coins, as well as significant U.S. pattern coins, private and territorial gold, Hard-times tokens and Civil War tokens. Also listed are Confederate issues, Hawaiian tokens and coins, Philippine issues and Alaskan tokens.
These tokens were issued privately to circulate in the local economy as a one cent coin. They had a wide variety of subject matter, including advertising and political/satirical themes (anti-slavery, anti-Jackson). Civil War tokens were made between 1861 and 1864 due to the scarcity of government-issued cents during the American Civil War.