Fuld numbers. What do they mean?

notlogical

I was looking through my collection to find something to take to my history class since we're studying the civil war and found a "Our Army" civil war token that had been slabbed with a fuld number 51/334 a. Can anyone tell me what the numbers mean?

Thanks!

coindeuce

Every Fuld number correlates to a specific die used to create a Patriotic token design, whether it be obverse or reverse. Just as with U.S. coins, some die marriages are common, some are scarce, and some are rare The 51 obverse is undated (many are dated 1863 or 1864) with a crude representation of the "Indian Princess" design of Liberty surrounded by 13 stars. The 334 reverse is the "Our Army" legend beneath a single star, surrounded by an olive branch wreath. Both sides have a beaded border, as opposed to denticles. The "a" suffix to the reverse die number indicates a minor sub-variety of which I'm not familiar. Sometimes it relates to an off metal composition. Yours should be copper, but there are multiple compositions of 51/334 - Brass, Nickel, CuproNickel, White metal, Gilt silver, and Silver. All of the latter compositions are rare. Copper is R1.

notlogical

<< <i>Every Fuld number correlates to a specific die used to create a Patriotic token design, whether it be obverse or reverse. Just as with U.S. coins, some die marriages are common, some are scarce, and some are rare >>



Thanks. That helps. Does the first number refer to the obverse or the reverse and what the does letter refer too?

notlogical

<< <i>Every Fuld number correlates to a specific die used to create a Patriotic token design, whether it be obverse or reverse. Just as with U.S. coins, some die marriages are common, some are scarce, and some are rare The 51 obverse is undated (many are dated 1863 or 1864) with a crude representation of the "Indian Princess" design of Liberty surrounded by 13 stars. The 334 reverse is the "Our Army" legend beneath a single star, surrounded by an olive branch wreath. Both sides have a beaded border, as opposed to denticles. The "a" suffix to the reverse die number indicates a minor sub-variety of which I'm not familiar. Sometimes it relates to an off metal composition. Yours should be copper, but there are multiple compositions of 51/334 - Brass, Nickel, CuproNickel, White metal, Gilt silver, and Silver. All of the latter compositions are rare. Copper is R1. >>




Thank you very much. That's exactly what I was wondering.

MICHAELDIXON

Patriotic Civil War Tokens by George and Melvin Fuld. The latest book I have is the Second Reprint 1997 by the Civil War Token Society. The first book was copyright 1960.