Please share what you have. We don't see much here about these. Looking at the Red Book this morning reminded me about all the cool designs that are listed.
Here are a few from the Hard Times Token chapter on page 417 of 75th Edition. Low #1, there are three sub-varieties of this piece Low #57 Low #66 Low #54
Here are three more from the same page. Low #4 Low #56 I think that all of these pieces are holed. Low #55
Jackson in a toga. Dressing political leaders in toga was a big thing in the 19th century. You might this one more realistic. This Low #3.
There is only one Michigan store card shown in the Red Book. It is the 1a variety of the W Darling token. My example is the 3a variety.
Here is a Wealth of the South token which is pictured in a generic way in the Red Book. You might not like this one because it is holed, but that means a lot to me because it was probably worn by southern supporter. before and most probably during the war. There are several die varieties of this series, and this is one of the rare ones. The dies to make some of these tokens were used to make more pieces for collectors during and after the war. This Wealth of the south piece might be one of those. Although these two might look the same at a glance, they are not. The obverse (1860 dated) die broke as you can see on the first piece and had to be replaced. For example, note the size of the cannon. The reverse die lasted to make a great deal more tokens.
The editors of the Red Book made some odd choices when they picked out merchant Civil War tokens. This one for the Drovers' Hotel in St. Louis, Missouri is fairly scarce. The New York City Sanitary Fair was one of the largest events of its kind, and yet the tokens that were to be sold as fund raisers at it are quite scarce. Sanitary Fairs were conducted to raise money for cleaning supplies for the soldiers in the field. Diseases could be just as dangerous as bullets and cannon balls in the field. This piece is a low grade example for this token. It is only a VF. Most of the survivors are in Mint State. The rarity of this piece was underestimated in the Fuld Store Card book.
I have trying to learn "Photo shop Elements" this week and was fooling around with some pictures. Here is another Civil War Token that is pictured in the Red Book, J.J Diehl the undertaker. This is an example of a piece that is more of a business card than a token. You could not buy anything from an undertaker that only a costs and cent or two. It was clearly issued to advertise his business and perhaps circulate as a cent substitute. John Diehl operated a stable at 135 Essex Street in New York City in 1861. Perhaps he branched out to this business during the war, given the unfortunate increase in the demand. At 24 mm in diameter, this piece is larger than a cent.
