1863 Patriotic Civil War Token. SIGEL ON HORSEBACK/UNION FOREVER, SHIELD
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1863 Patriotic Civil War Token. SIGEL ON HORSEBACK/UNION FOREVER, SHIELD:
$35.83
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1863 Civil War Token
You are offerding on a genuine keepsake of the American Civil War. Privately minted tokens, most penny-sized like this authentic 1863 example, were produced during the Civil War to supplement a shortage created by the need for copper and brass. Stores and businesses used these as change in place of the scarcer pennies. Most exhibited either advertisements(store cards) or Patriotic symbols or, like this one,slogans in support of the Union.
This one hasSIGEL ON HORSEBACK,& \"UNION FOREVER\",a popular reverse for many of these unique Civil War collectibles.
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