Civil War Patriotic Tokens; 1861 – 1864

Civil War tokens became illegal after the United States Congress passed a law on April 22,1864 prohibiting the issue of any one or two-cent coins, tokens or devices for use as currency. On June 8,1864 an additional law was passed that forbade all private coinage.

1863

CU-TOKEN(PT)-1863-01R &02 & 03

Images Courtesy of Fred Weinberg

Cross reference number: none. See SHD-TOKEN(PT)-1863-04R.

CU-TOKEN(PT)-ND (1863)-04 & 05

 Images Courtesy of Fred Weinberg 

Cross reference number: CWT-ND VAR 1. 11/01/2013.

CU-TOKEN(PT)-1863-06 Stage A

Images Courtesy of Fred Weinberg

Cross reference number: none.

CU-TOKEN(PT)-1863-06B

Images Courtesy of Keith Christenson

 

Cross reference number: Stage B “die break is larger”.

CU-TOKEN(PT)-1863-07R

Images Courtesy of Chuck Newman

Cross reference number: none.

CU-TOKEN(PT)-1863-08R

Images are courtesy of Chuck Newman

Cross reference: none.

CU-TOKEN(PT)-1863-09 & 10 & 11

Images Courtesy of Fred Weinberg

Cross reference number: none.

CU-TOKEN(PT)-1863-12

Images Courtesy of Chuck Newman

 

Cross reference number: none. 10/05/2018.

Note: Rotated.

CU-TOKEN(PT)-1863-13R

Images Courtesy of Chuck Newman

 

Cross reference number: none. 10/05/2018.

1864

CU-TOKEN(PT)-1864-01

Images Courtesy of Chuck Newman

Cross reference number: TC-236847; Fuld 45/332a. JCt-1864-046. 11/01/2013, 03/15/2024.

See RCD-TOKEN(PT)-1864-01 Stage A and RCD-TOKEN-1864-01 Stage B.

No Date Patriotic Tokens

CU-TOKEN(PT)-ND-01 Rim Cud & 02R

Images Courtesy of George Winters

 

CU-TOKEN(PT)-ND-01 Rim Cud                                             CU-TOKEN(PT)-ND-02R

Cross reference number: none. 07/5/2018.