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***Auction Highlight*** NGC (1861-1865) PA S-1100B Sutler R-7 Civil War Token 1c Graded xf details B

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:25.00 USD Estimated At:625.00 - 1,250.00 USD
***Auction Highlight*** NGC (1861-1865) PA S-1100B Sutler R-7 Civil War Token 1c Graded xf details B
***Auction Highlight*** NGC (1861-1865) PA S-1100B Sutler R-7 Civil War Token 1c Graded xf details By NGC. Civil War token issued by J.A. Garman, sutler for the 54 PA. Vols. "100" is incused, and the reverse has a spread eagle within a circle of 13 stars. This one-dollar token is the highest denomination issued by this prolific sutler. Sutler tokens are similar to store cards. Rather than listing the name of a private business, however, these tokens bore the name of a particular army unit (usually a regiment) and the name of the sutler who conducted transactions with the regiment. Of the three types of Civil War tokens, sutler tokens are by far the rarest. A sutler or victualer is a civilian merchant who sells provisions to an army in the field, in camp, or in quarters. Sutlers sold wares from the back of a wagon or a temporary tent, traveling with an army or to remote military outposts.[1] Sutler wagons were associated with the military, while chuck wagons served a similar purpose for civilian wagon trains and outposts. I have included the photo of a Sutler's tent at the Siege of Petersburg during the American Civil War