United States 1864 Civil War Token - Monitor

United States Monitor/Our Navy

1864 Patriotic Civil War Token  

Obverse: Monitor

Reverse: Our Navy

Fuld 241/336a R1

These tokens were minted and distributed privately in the United States between 1862 and 1864. They were used mainly in the Northeast and the Midwest. This private distribution occurred as a result of the scarcity of government-issued cents during the time of the Civil War

Sammlung : XXIII Exonumia