Lena, Illinois
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Lena, Illinois
These Civil War Store Cards of Lena, Illinois are ascribed to the shop of S.D. Childs. These tokens are the only issues 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. The IL 500B is noted for having irregular letter spacing.
Valuations are based on raw copper tokens. For more detailed pricing, see:
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| Die Reverse: (Pat) F-275 or (New) F-1357 | ||||||||||
| DIE | MAT | RAR | DIE | MAT | RAR | DIE | MAT | RAR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | R5 | ||||||||
| Die Reverse: (Pat) F-275 or (New) F-1357 | ||||||||||
| 2 | a | R9 | ||||||||
| Die Reverse: (Pat) F-34 or (New) F-1106 | ||||||||||
| DIE | MAT | RAR | DIE | MAT | RAR | DIE | MAT | RAR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | R2 | ||||||||
| Die Reverse: (Pat) F-35 or (New) F-1107 | ||||||||||
| 2 | a | R3 | ||||||||
| Die Reverse: (Pat) F-279 or (New) F-1205 | ||||||||||
| 3 | a | R4 | ||||||||
| Die Reverse: (Pat) F-275 or (New) F-1357 | ||||||||||
| 4 | a | R9 | ||||||||
| Die Reverse: (Pat) F-279 or (New) F-1205 | ||||||||||
| 5 | a | R9 | ||||||||
