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Last new tokens added: July 29, 2010                                                                                           Last updated for sold items: July 29, 2010

New items were added Slabbed, Michigan and Wisconsin Tokens. 

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CONTACT INFORMATION:

Steve Hayden    PO Box 22514    Charleston, SC  29413        Phone/FAX (843) 973-4556 

E-mail civilwartokens@aol.com to be notified of future updates. 

WEB SITE TERMS:

Order by phone, fax, mail or e-mail.  Send me your e-mail address if you would like to receive future price lists electronically.  Please add $2.00 to orders under $50.00 for postage and handling, orders over $50.00 are sent free of charges charge to United States destinations.  Fourteen day return privilege for any reason.  All items are guaranteed genuine and as attributed.  I am always interested in purchasing collections or single tokens.  Send tokens for an offer or a listing for an estimate. I am also accepting consignments for future mail bid sales, write for terms.  Send me your want lists.

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COMPOSITION OF CIVIL TOKENS:

Civil War tokens were manufactured in a number of different metallic compositions as well as rubber.  In the cataloging of these tokens the composition is indicated by a lower case letter at the end of the Fuld number.  The following is a list of the codes used.

CIVIL WAR PATRIOTIC vs. STORE CARDS:

Regular issue US coinage was hoarded during the Civil War restricting merchant's ability to make small change.  Some merchants had tokens made to give out as change in their stores.  If you ordered the least expensive tokens you would receive a combination of two existing dies, usually of a patriotic nature or similar to a US cent, these are called Patriotic Civil War Tokens.  If you had more to spend you could have one or two dies custom made for you with information specific to your business (i.e. location, occupation, specialties, etc.) these are called Civil War Store Cards.

RARITY RATINGS:

The rarity scale for Civil War tokens is listed below.  Most collectors collect by town, merchant or die. Very few try to get one of each die combination and metal composition.  So value is determined more by supply and demand than by individual rarity.  Additionally, more than a few pieces have incorrect rarity ratings (both over and under rated) in current references due to outdated information, hoards, mistakes or typo's.  

LINKS:

http://www.cwtsociety.com  The site of the Civil War Token Society.

http://www.medalcollectors.org  This is the site of the Medal Collectors of America and contains much useful information.