Elgin, Illinois

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Elgin, Illinois

For whatever reason, Elgin, Illinois is listed before El Paso in the Hetrich-Gutag and Fuld references.

This Civil War Store Card of Elgin, Illinois is ascribed to the shop of S.D. Childs. This token is the only issue known for this city. Childs was a prolific token manufacturer. His dies commonly make use of a woman’s head and most of his dies use sans-serif lettering. He also produced Sutler tokens.

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