Sandwich, Illinois
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Sandwich, Illinois
These Civil War Store Cards of Sandwich, Illinois are ascribed to the shop of W.K. Lanphear. These tokens are the only issues known for this city. Lanphear was the second most prolific issuer of Civil War tokens in Cincinnati. His work is remarkable for the variety of motifs used as reverse dies on store cards. The IL 775B is considered an error token: the W. should be a M. in M.B. Castle.
Valuations are based on raw copper tokens. For more detailed pricing, see:
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| Die Reverse: (See Reverse) | ||||||||||
| DIE | MAT | RAR | DIE | MAT | RAR | DIE | MAT | RAR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | R5 | ||||||||
| Die Reverse: (New) F-1316 | ||||||||||
| DIE | MAT | RAR | DIE | MAT | RAR | DIE | MAT | RAR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | R2 | ||||||||
| Die Reverse: (See Reverse) | ||||||||||
| 2 | a | R2 | 2 | d | R10 | |||||
| Die Reverse: (Pat) F-31 or (New) F-1094 | ||||||||||
| DIE | MAT | RAR | DIE | MAT | RAR | DIE | MAT | RAR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | R4 | 1 | b | R9 | |||||
