Civil War Token, United States, 1863
date: label: date made
content: 1863
notes: label: Description
content: Numismatists, people who study or collect coins, generally categorize Civil War Tokens into three themes: patriotic, store cards, and sutler tokens. As with this coin, patriotic themed coins displayed patriotic slogans and images. Advertisements were not printed on these tokens. This specific token has an image of the Union flag with the words, “THE FLAG OF OUR UNION” on one side and another popular patriotic statement on the other side, “IF ANYBODY ATTEMPTS TO TEAR IT DOWN/SHOOT HIM/ ON THE SPOT.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
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content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
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content: Civil War
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content: Coins, Currency and Medals
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2001.0009.0343
label: accession number
content: 2001.0009
label: catalog number
content: 2001.0009.0343
objectType: label: Object Name
content: token
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: bronze (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: .15 cm x 1.96 cm; 1/16 in x 25/32 in