1 Cent - Civil War Token Knickerbocker Currency

1 Cent - Civil War Token Knickerbocker Currency - obverse1 Cent - Civil War Token Knickerbocker Currency - reverse

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Features

Location United States
Type Trade tokens › Business token
Years 1861-1865
Value 1 Cent (0.01)
Currency Civil War Tokens
Composition Copper
Weight 14 g
Diameter 20.5 mm
Thickness 1.0 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
96193
References Fuld# 255/393 a,
George Fuld, Melvin Fuld, John Ostendorf; 2014. U.S. Civil War Store Cards (3rd edition). Quarterman Publications, Lawrence, Massachusetts.
TC# 237292
TokenCatalog.com (http://tokencatalog.com)

Obverse

Knickerbocker surrounded by inner beaded circle, then text, then outer beaded circle

Script: Latin

Lettering:
KNICKERBOCKER
Bridgens
CURRENCY

Reverse

'1' surrounded by beaded circle, then text and 2 stars surrounded by outer beaded circle

Script: Latin

Lettering:
GOOD FOR
1
CENT

Edge

Plain

Comments

Reverse is die # F-393 as it only has 2 stars and no anchors (unlike die #F-392 which as two stars, each of which has an arrowhead above and below it).During the US Civil War, there was a major coin shortage, businesses and states issued there own tokens to get by

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (1861-1865) 

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