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Coin Details

Origin/Country: United States
Design Description: CIVIL WAR STORE CARDS - IDAHO
Item Description: ID 1865 IDAHO CITY R-ID-IC-3 MINERS BREWERY & BAKERY EX. JOHN J. FORD JR.
Full Grade: NGC XF 45
Owner: mnrmay

Set Details

Custom Sets: Beer Tokens
Civil War Merchant Tokens
Competitive Sets: This coin is not competing in any sets.
Research: NGC Coin Explorer

Owner Comments:

R7 Brewery & Bakery Interesting business combination...I guess if you already have the yeast...why not? Only about 11 pieces are known (most VF or less) of what is probably Idaho's earliest token. This is a major rarity, and most specimens known are in far lower grades, on Thursday, May 18th, 1865, the entire downtown district of Idaho City burned down, under the losses listed was the Main St. establishment of "Knauer & Co., Miners Brewery, $15,000"

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