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10 Cents - Civil War Sutler Scrip - Scott's Nine Hundred United States Cavalry
| Issuer | Scott's Nine Hundred United States Cavalry |
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| Size | 104 x 59 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | No. SCOTT'S NINE HUNDRED UNITED STATES CAVALRY Good for TEN CENTS in Trade J.R. Bostwick & Co. Lith. by A. Hoen & Co. Balto. |
| Reverse description | Plain paper ground carries a large composite green guilloche underprint formed by seven interlocking circular lathe-work rosettes arranged in a clover-shaped cluster, printed in deep green. No text or additional design elements are present. |
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Sutler scrip occupies a peculiar legal space in American monetary history — sutlers were licensed civilian merchants attached to military units, and the scrip they issued was redeemable only at their own store, giving them a near-monopoly on soldier spending within the regiment. Scott's Nine Hundred, formally the 9th New York Cavalry, was organized in 1861 under Colonel William Hadley, not a "Scott" — the popular name derived from General Winfield Scott's early influence on Union volunteer recruitment in New York.
A. Hoen & Company of Baltimore printed this during a period when the firm was producing considerable ephemera for both sides of the conflict, a geographic inevitability given Maryland's divided loyalties.