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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Collect89, post: 1478479, member: 15445&quot;]<b>Die sinker is J. A. Bolen - This is his card.</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t know if my Bolen card is considered a Civil War Token.&nbsp; It is listed in Rulau&#039;s &quot;United States Trade Tokens 1866-1889&quot;&nbsp; This Rulau catalog describes itself as a catalog of &quot;private coinage and advertising tokens&quot;.&nbsp; There are also a few very similar-looking Bolen cards dated 1867 &amp; 1869 depicted in this Rulau catalog.&nbsp; There are some Bolen cards with different designs dated 1862 &amp; 1864 depicted in this same Rulau catalog.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bolen was a die sinker &amp; medalist that made many pieces during the civil war &amp; post civil war era.&nbsp; My piece is one of Bolen&#039;s advertising tokens which had no cash value that I am aware.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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