it is a copper colored token about the size of a dime. Bemjamin franklin's name and face are on one side. New york, broas bros is printed around the outside with army and navy in the middle. any info about it would be great. gregroscoe
Your item is known as a Civil War store card. Broas Bros. was one of the more prolific token issuers, with 76 varieties. There were 4 different Franklin dies used to make CW store cards, but Broas Bros. only used one of them (die # 1149). Franklin should be facing to the right, with his name spanning between about 8 o'clock to 4 o'clock. There should be a hyphen between "NEW" and "YORK" for this variety (but not for some of the others w/o Franklin). I am providing the additional info in case yours does not match, as there is always a rather slim chance at having an unlisted variety. Luckily, the information you provided should be sufficient for proper identification. I believe this token is id NY630L-4a, rarity is R2 (common, with 2,000-5,000 known). The most current published values (2002) are $12 in Fine/Very Fine, $15 in Extra Fine, $20 in Unc. I should also note that there is a remote possibility for one other listed variety, NY630L-4ao, which is the same die pairing, but struck over Patriotic Civil War token 178/267a. There is only one known example of this overstrike.
