"Every man his own mint," NY Times article about Civil War tokens from 1896

DCW

Here is an interesting article from none other than the New York Times, reporting on Civil War tokens. Nice to read something near contemporaneous from the people that used these.

Veep

Very interesting. Thanks for the post.

Coinstartled

Good stuff. I love he tokens. Thank you for posting.

ricko

Interesting bit of currency history.... apparently allowed at the time....Now such things would result in arrest and incarceration...Well, unless clearly a store token for goods, not for commerce. Cheers, RickO

CWT1863

Great information. Thanks for posting.

johnny9434

Good post