civil war store card

[DiggerKep]

Dug this up today. It's my third civil war token this year but I can't find much online on this one. One site did give it an r5 rarity but I don't usually bank on one site's rating. Can anyone verify this as an r5? Was a deep target at 12 inches and underneath a railroad spike. My explorer really earned it's keep on this one. ... I'm working on adding pics but it keeps crashing. It has G&W Clark Butchers Detroit on one side. Is dated 1863.

 

Amazon Forum Fav 👍

Diving for Pleasure and Treasure - Grab it through Amazon!

[DiggerKep]

Ok so I guess the pictures did upload.

 

[sandchip]

Way cool!

 

[idahotokens]

Q. David Bowers' 2013 Guide Book of Civil War Tokens shows it as #MI-225-P and indicates that there are five known varieties, each with different reverse dies. He gives a R-5 ($50-75 in VF-EF grade) rating to the "2-a" variety. I can't tell which variety yours is, and he does not assign a rarity figure to the other four. He goes on to say, "George Clark - Meat Market - 122 Larned West".
John in the Great 208

 

[DiggerKep]

Thanks Idaho. I guess after diggin 3 of them this year alone I might need to invest in a catalogue for reference.

 

[idahotokens]

Kep--yes, having "the book" is always good. The Civil War Token Society is fairly close to releasing what will be the definitive work on Civil War Storecards, what will be the 3rd Edition of Fuld's U. S. Civil War Storecards. I understand that the 2nd edition of Bower's Guide Book of Civil War Tokens is available now from Whitman - I have the 1st edition and don't think I am going to update my library - I'll wait for the Fuld book.
John