Fuld 132 and 132A Fuld 132 and 132A are quite similar. The dies were made by Rudolph P. Laubenheimer. Laubenheimer came to America in 1854. After serving an apprenticeship, he set up his own shop at 85 Nassau Street in New York City. These two pieces are political tokens with Lincoln on the obverse and his running mate, Andrew Johnson, on the reverse. The Lincoln die failed, and Laubenheimer replaced it. He did not punch his initials "R.L." into the second die, which created the second variety, Fuld 132A. Fuld 132 is a little more common that 132A. Both are somewhat scarce, but can be located if one checks the auctions and specialist dealers' inventory on a regular basis. Fuld 132 Fuld 132A Fuld 133 Fuld 133 is the last of the "definite" Lincoln Civil War tokens. All but two of the known examples are holed, and it was definitely intended to be a political campaign piece. It was originally given a gold wash, but most pieces no longer have the plating. This piece is unusual because it is the only 1864 Lincoln campaign piece that mentions his for employment as "a rail splitter." This image served Lincoln well in the his 1860 campaign, but after 4 years of war, it seemed that the voters had gotten beyond the fluff of nicknames. The war had been a sobering and sad experience. "Good for another heat" met that Lincoln deserved re-election as president. This piece is fairly common. When I was dealer, I had as many as three examples in my inventory at one time. This one is the best I ran into during my dealer days, and I kept it. Having the ring that went into the hole is unusual, and the gold plating is intact. The die variety numbers are Fuld 133/458b. Fuld 134, Is this Lincoln? Given the number that this token as assigned, it appears that the Fulds viewed this as a Lincoln variety. The modern consensus is that it's just an old man with a beard. The modern interpretation cannot make sense of the "REDEEMED" comment. Could it be that Lincoln was "redeemed" as a result of his re-election? At any rate, this design appears on many Civil War token varieties, and all of them are rare and expensive. I spotted this piece in a dealer's fixed price listing and snapped it up. Later I had a couple of big collectors chasing me down to sell it to them. The odd part about most Rhode Island Civil War tokens is that they are either quite common or almost impossible to find. This is one of the "impossible pieces." The variety number, which comes from the store card CWT book, is RI 700-G-1b. It is rated as an R-9 which translates to 2 to 4 known. This concludes my list of Lincoln Civil War tokens. I hope that you have enjoyed reading about them.
