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Army and Navy / The Federal Union
Civil War (1861–1865)
1863
Object Place: United States
Medium/Technique
Copper
Dimensions
Diameter and weight: 20 mm, 3.1 gm (13/16 in., 0.11 oz.)
Credit Line
Augustine Shurtleff Collection of Coins
Accession Number01.1927
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsNumismatics – Tokens and contorniates
DescriptionObv: ARMY / AND / NAVY (curved downwards) within laurel and oak wreath, swords and anchor at bottom, also star at top; surrounded by milled cirlce close to raised rim
Rev: THE FEDERAL UNION around IT MUST (curved) / AND / SHALL / BE / PRESERVED (curved), last line separated from first line by rosette at either end; thirteen stars around below ; whole surrounded by wide milled circle close in raised rim
Edge: plain
Rev: THE FEDERAL UNION around IT MUST (curved) / AND / SHALL / BE / PRESERVED (curved), last line separated from first line by rosette at either end; thirteen stars around below ; whole surrounded by wide milled circle close in raised rim
Edge: plain