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Identifying Civil War Store Cards
(Select the city of origin for the token.)
If the token provides a city name, then find the city below and click on it to proceed.
If the token provides only a state name, then the city may be identified by passing through each city within that state. If the token does not provide a city or state, then try to Identify the token by Obverse Text.
Massachusetts’ tokens were mostly produced by either Joseph H. Merriam, a Boston die sinker, with well cut and deeply impressed lettering, or an unknown engraver called the “Rhode Island Sinker”, who also made dies for Providence, Rhode Island issuers.
Massachusetts |
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City | City | City | ||
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Boston | Harvard | Worcester | ||
Fall River | Nantucket |