Collection Highlights
Artistic Houses: being a series of interior views of a number of the most beautiful and celebrated homes in the United States
Date:
1883 - 1884
Object Number:
PR.087.1.1.35.HURPAR
Medium:
Photogravure
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Civil War token
Object Number:
INV.13703e
Date:
1863
Medium:
Copper
Dimensions:
Diameter: 19.1 mm.
Marks:
Die struck: Obverse: "UNION FOR EVER"
Die struck: Reverse: "FIRST IN WAR, FIRST IN PEACE. 1863"
Description:
Obverse: Inscription and Union shield within a wreath.
Reverse: Equestrian statue of Washington facing left, inscription around.
Gallery Label:
Tokens called "Civil War tokens" were struck in some northern cities between 1863 and 1865 to supply small change for public transactions. To circumvent anti-counterfeiting laws, they were either not denominated or bore an evasive valuation.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
