Video ANA Academy: Civil War Tokens And Tradesmen's Cards By Hetrich & Guttag, Manley Library

ANA - Tokens used during the United States Civil War, produced by several private manufacturers, circulated in place of federally produced small change, replacing the otherwise hoarded coins. These tokens included advertising information about local merchants and a variety of patriotic images and slogans. While the guidebooks by George and Melvin Fuld are the most commonly used guides for these items, the book by George Hetrich and Julius Guttag was the first to catalog the tokens in the divisions as they are currently described.

The authors come from two major numismatic backgrounds - that of a collector and that of a dealer. George Hetrich was an early collector of Civil War Tokens, in addition to United States federal issue coins, including proof sets. Julius Guttag was the numismatic half of the Guttag Brothers company in New York, which published many books covering individual United States coin series in addition to the sale of numismatic materials.

This book review is part of the "From the Stacks" series and provides insights into individual items in the ANA Library's holdings. This series focuses on rare and non-circulating books in the Library. Circulating books about specialized topics will occasionally be explored. Each review shows viewers key features of the physical copy.

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