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The E-Sylum: Volume 19, Number 23, June 5, 2016, Article 22

CIVIL WAR TOKEN SCRIP MATES

A long-running series in The Civil War Token Journal concerns "Scrip Mates", pairings of tokens and paper/cardboard scrip, shellcards and the like issued by the same merchants during the U.S. Civil War. Begun by the late Sterling Rachootin, it is being continued by David Gladfelter and edited by Susan Trask.

A few items in the Summer 2016 installment caught my eye. It covers merchants in New York state. Many thanks to Susan and David for these images. The token images were not in the article, but are instead taken from the club's update of the Fuld Civil War Token Store Cards book. -Editor

Eastman National Business College, Poughkeepsie, NY

NY760Aobv NY760Arev

Eastman National Business College scrip

This one caught my eye because of the actual U.S. postage stamp. I'd never seen this one illustrated before the John J. Ford collection sales. This example is from Ford Part 10 (May 26, 2005), lot 4249. -Editor

David Gladfelter writes:

The Schingoethe catalog lists two varieties of the 1 cent note, one with a blank frame and one with a female allegory in the frame. It isn't listed with a stamp in the frame.

A. M. Johnson, Buffalo, NY

NY105K

A. M. Johnson scrip

Robinson &Ballou, Troy, NY

NY890E-1obv

Robinson & Ballou cardboard scrip

Here the pairing is with cardboard scrip notes, among the rarest of all Civil War numismatic items. -Editor

D. L. Wing, Albany, NY

NY010H-1obv NY010H-1rev

D. L. Wing scrip

I met Sterling Rachootin at an ANA convention back in the 1980s and thanked him for his article series. I was already a collector of U.S. Civil War scrip and Pittsburgh Civil War tokens and hadn't begun making these connections. While I never found Scrip Mates from a Pittsburgh issuer, I did collect several pairings including D. L. Wing, whose scrip notes are fairly common. -Editor

White the Hatter, New York City

White the Hatter token obv White the Hatter token rev
White the Hatter Civil War token

White the Hatter encased Postage stamp obverse White the Hatter encased Postage stamp reverse
White the Hatter encased Postage stamp

00420ce6-57bb-405c-bae3-91483b4b0183 sc NY, New York-White, Whitman & Co. Rulau qexst 171 sc$20-1868F
White, Whitman &Co. Shell card

The token image is from the tokencatalog.com, courtesy Steve Hayden. I had a White the Hatter in my encased postage stamp collection. In this case the pairing is with a shell card from a later period.

"Scrip mates" are a challenge for the true numismatist - you have to be a generalist with interest in multiple fields to make these connections and bring the material together, be it for a collection, an exhibit or article. Looking at the tokens alone does not give the full picture of the issuer's activities and business - the group is worth more than the sum of its parts to a researcher. -Editor

For information about the Civil War Token Society, send email to the Secretary, John Ostendorf, at johnoste@yahoo.com or write to him at 523 Hiwasee Rd., Waxahachie, TX. 75165. He will send you a brochure and on request, a sample journal issue.

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Wayne Homren, Editor

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