I have now started a Halloween coin collection. This is the first one. I think it's a lovely little thing. This is a Civil War token (CWT), also known as a store card. CWTs were issued during a shortage of small change during the Civil War. Merchants created them to use as change, and also to advertise.
"Leichenbesorger" literally means "corpse handler," which is both plently scary and plenty practical, just like Halloween itself.
ReplyDeleteThanks. It will be even more fun to hand the coin to someone and tell them it's a "corpse-handler's token."
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