civil war token civil war token coins privately distributed united_states mainly northeast midwest widespread use result government issued cents civil war civil war illegal united_states congress passed law april prohibiting issue cent coins devices use currency june additional law passed forbade private civil war divided types store cards patriotic types utilized currency differentiated designs value determined chiefly rarity history second year civil war government issued began circulation american citizens coins gold silver eventually began copper cents extremely difficult businesses conduct transactions response merchants turned private fill void left coins privately appeared autumn cincinnati ohio new_york issues followed spring currency store card issued new_york currency patriotic issued estimated civil war nearly cent circulation consisting approximately varieties currency best known commonly struck types store cards million cent struck placed circulation common uses token fare company new_york willingly accepted large quantity lieu actual currency asked refused railroad legal incidents eventually forced government intervene april congress enacted act act remembered introduction phrase god trust newly created cent piece effectively ended usage civil war addition authorizing cent piece act changed composition cent piece copper weighing grams lighter thick piece composed copper weighing grams new cent piece closer weight civil war found greater acceptance public act civil war impractical issue legality decided june congress enacted usage non government issued coins fine prison term years chapter title deals specifically illegal civil war evidence exists viewed early known listings civil war published types patriotic patriotic civil war typically displayed patriotic slogan image sides majority union states images decidedly common examples found patriotic union shall preserved union old glory images found patriotic flag united_states 19th century cannon uss monitor best known varieties patriotic called named served secretary treasury letter revenue cutter captain orders relieve cutter captain command refusing order transfer new_orleans new_york letter ends following sentence attempts haul american flag shoot spot quote found way number patriotic albeit slightly modified wording haul usually replaced tear store cards civil war store cards differ patriotic sides displays location privately owned business businesses afford custom dies advertising business displayed business information similar store cards listing private business bore particular army unit usually regiment conducted transactions regiment types civil war far value factors determine value civil war main factor rarity measured scale common type scale developed noted dealer writer material mint civil war affect civil war variety materials copper common choice actually bronze materials tin german silver white metal silver examples rubber known exist rarity scale greater unique known example
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