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Message:: [QUOTE="cwtokenman, post: 46872, member: 2100"]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.[/QUOTE]