Civil War Merchant Token - George B Ames Belvidere, Ill

Civil War Merchant Token - George B Ames Belvidere, Ill - obverseCivil War Merchant Token - George B Ames Belvidere, Ill - reverse

© Robert Hunt Jr.

Features

Location United States
Type Promotional items › Advertising token
Year 1863
Composition Brass
Weight 3.5 g
Diameter 21 mm
Thickness 1.38 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Number
N#
308082
References Fuld# 45A-1b
George Fuld, Melvin Fuld, John Ostendorf; 2014. U.S. Civil War Store Cards (3rd edition). Quarterman Publications, Lawrence, Massachusetts.

Obverse

George B. Ames at top with Mortar & Pestle decorated with leaves, Centered with 13 stars above Date bottom center

Script: Latin

Lettering:
George B. Ames
1863

Reverse

"George B. Ames Belvidere, Ill" around rim with a star at 3 o'clock and 9 o'clock
"Dealer in Drugs, Books, & c" in center

Script: Latin

Lettering:
George B. Ames
Dealer in Drugs, Books, & c
Belvidere, Ill

Edge

Smooth

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1863 

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