Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
Civil War Merchant Token - J.C. Knoblock Baker South Bend, IN
| Location | United States |
|---|---|
| Year | 1861 |
| Type | Emergency merchant token |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Period | Log in to see details |
| Notice | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | The obverse bears an all-text design with the merchant legend reading J.C. KNOBLOCK AGT. around the upper arc, BAKER & GROCER prominently across the central field in large raised letters, and SOUTH BEND IND. along the lower arc. A small decorative ornament appears below the central inscription. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | The reverse features a spread eagle device facing left, clutching an olive branch and arrows in its talons, with a striped shield on its breast, all within a wreath. The legend UNION arcs across the upper field, flanked by small six-pointed stars, and the date 1861 appears in the lower exergue. |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Comments | Log in to see details |