1863 ID Number 2001.0009.0343 accession number 2001.0009 catalog number 2001.0009.0343 Object Name token Physical Description bronze (overall material) Measurements overall: .15 cm x 1.96 cm; 1/16 in ...

In 1864 Congress passed an act that forbade any private businesses or individuals to produce money. This act essentially shut down the production of Civil War Tokens. Location Currently not on view ...

He told me that tokens from the Civil War were privately minted in a kind of wild west fashion, because when the war broke out people began to horde the government-issued copper and silver coins. In ...