Wow! Thanks for the heads-up! Money is tight, but I almost HAVE to get this!
Edit: I pulled the trigger. Thanks again, Dennis!
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Wow! Thanks for the heads-up! Money is tight, but I almost HAVE to get this!
Edit: I pulled the trigger. Thanks again, Dennis!
I'm sure you've looked it up here.
TokenCatalog.com
So I found out that William Brooks, hardware store owner, was elected president of the village of Battle Creek in 1850. Fun stuff.
Will, I'd love it if you checked out our group of Civil War Tokens over on MyCollect:
https://www.mycollect.com/groups/DeadCatWaltz
Post your new purchase over there. The guys and girls will love it!
Here's my only copy of one.
the only one i have---Attachment 162792Attachment 162793
Nice one. I like it. I don't think I'm going to get into collecting these, but I think the history is very interesting. I've learned that these store cards were created because there were basically no cents available for use. Because of the war, they were completely hoarded. And that is also the reason they switched away from using nickel in the alloy in 1864.