PATRIOTIC CIVIL WAR TOKENS

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The One Hundred Greatest Items Of United States Numismatic Literature Rank: Number 41

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Clain-Stefanelli 14019, Davis 422

The precursor and necessary companion to U.S. Civil War Store Cards (#43), Patriotic Civil War Tokens conquers the first half of the problem – cataloguing the privately issued “civil war cents” which bore patriotic slogans. The two works, taken as a pair, represent a substantial reworking of Hetrich and Guttag’s 1924 effort, Civil War Tokens And Tradesman’s Cards. Indeed, the Fuld’s added four thousand varieties to the seven thousand previously enumerated. This volume describes and illustrates over five hundred of the patriotic designs, and, when the mules and off metal strikes are thrown in, the resulting list of varieties numbers over two thousand. The authors clearly exerted great effort untangling the mules, and came to refer to the task as “Civil War mumbly-peg.” The Fuld’s had set the bar high, and now faced the challenge of completing the second half of the project.

1^st Edition

FULD, George & FULD, Melvin. PATRIOTIC CIVIL WAR TOKENS.
Racine, WI: 1960
77pp
Duodecimo: 20 x 13 cm
Softbound: Flexible black card covers, lettered in gilt

1^st Edition, Limited Deluxe

FULD, George & FULD, Melvin. PATRIOTIC CIVIL WAR TOKENS.
Racine, WI: 1959,1960
2 volumes. Text: 77pp, Plates: 22 plates
Duodecimo: Text 18.5 x 14 cm; Plates 22.5 x 16.5 cm
Hardbound: Matching blue cloth, lettered in gilt

2^nd Revised Edition

Racine, WI: 1960
77pp, 22 plates
Duodecimo: 20 x 13 cm
Softbound: Flexible black card covers, lettered in gilt

3^rd Edition

Lawrence, MA: Quarterman, 1965
77pp, 22 plates
Duodecimo: 20 x 13 cm
Softbound: Flexible black card covers, lettered in gilt

4^th Edition

Iola, WI: Civil War Token Society, 1982
359pp, illustrated
Octavo
Hardbound: Red cloth, lettered in gilt

5^th Edition

??: Civil War Token Society, 2006
436pp, illustrated
Octavo
Hardbound: Red cloth, lettered in gilt