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More books on Civil War Era Numismatics to expand your library

Most of these books are out of print but can be readily found on the secondary market.

Civil War Store Cards of Cincinnati

by John Ostendorf 2007

Research of all Cincinnati merchants to determine if listed tokens were correctly assigned to Cincinnati and are of the Civil War era.

Available in hardcover or paperback.

Civil War Sutler Tokens & Cardboard Scrip

2nd Edition By David E.Schenkman, Edited by Richard  W. Irons

Red Book Series: A Guide Book of Civil War Tokens

By Q. David Bowers

Contains pricing information.


The Civil War Token Collectors Guide

by Byron Kanzinger, 2001

A valuation guide.

Sutler Paper Money

by Kenneth Keller

Civil War Encased Postage

By Fred L. Reed III

Hardback 1995

Merchant Tokens of Hard Rubber and Similar Compositions

By David Schenkman, 1991 208 pages

Wisconsin Civil War Tokens

by Rich Hartzog

The Robert C. Kraft Collection catalog

Indiana Merchant Issuers of Civil War Tokens

by William E. Hamm, 1993

Business history from City Directories and county histories.

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