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 Token - Liberty and no Slavery

Location United States
Year 1863
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 Standing figure of Liberty facing left occupies the central field, with the legend LIBERTY AND NO SLAVERY arranged around the periphery within a beaded border. The date 1863 appears in the lower exergue, flanked by small stars. The token has been holed at the top, likely for suspension as a patriotic keepsake.
Obverse script Latin
Obverse lettering Log in to see details
Reverse description Central device depicts a vertically-oriented shield overlaid with two crossed American flags and a Phrygian liberty cap mounted on a pole rising above, all surrounded by a semi-arc of thirteen stars above the flags. The shield and flags are flanked symmetrically by oak boughs in relief within a beaded border. The token has been holed at the bottom.
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

YOU MAY ALSO LIKE