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

DCWDCW Posts: 7,874 ✭✭✭✭✭
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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.

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    VeepVeep Posts: 1,513 ✭✭✭✭

    Very interesting. Thanks for the post.

    "Let me tell ya Bud, you can buy junk anytime!"
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    CoinstartledCoinstartled Posts: 10,135 ✭✭✭✭✭

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

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    rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    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

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    CWT1863CWT1863 Posts: 316 ✭✭✭✭

    Great information. Thanks for posting.

    ANA-LM, CWTS-LM, NBS, TAMS, ANS

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    johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 33,941 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Good post

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