Illinois Civil War Sutler Token S. Whited & Co 97th ILL VOL IL S-P5B AU+ to UNC

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Illinois Civil War Sutler Token S. Whited & Co 97th ILL VOL IL S-P5B AU+ to UNC:
$499.00

Up for your consideration is an Illinois Civil War Sutler Token in Choice Almost Uncirculated to Uncirculated condition.

\"Sutler tokens were a special kind of Store Card that was issued by sutlers who supplied the Union Army. A sutler was a vendor who followed the army and sold provisions and luxury goods such as are found in our modern day PX or post exchange. He supplied Tobacco, candy, dried fruit, canned goods, writing materials (and sometimes liquor) to the soldier who could afford the high priced goods. Many of the sutlers of this era issued metal tokens to insure themselves the trade of soldiers to whom they extended credit. These tokens ranged from 3¢ to $1 with both the sutler\'s name and the soldier\'s regiment listed.\"- from The Civil War Token Society.

The merchant for this piece was S. Whited & Co. who served the 97th Illinois Volunteers. Pleasing strike and color. Feel free to ask questions or for more pictures. Please check out our other listings. Thanks for Looking.

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