Chase.] 242 [September. 



Mr. Chase presented for the Cabinet a collection of tokens, 

 illustrating the trade currency illicitly circulating during the 

 war, together with a catalogue. 



Collectors and others who may wish to assist in completing the 

 collection of Token currency in the Cabinet of the American Philo- 

 sophical Society, may send specimens, duplicates, or descriptions of 

 such varieties as are not mentioned in this catalogue, to the Curators, 

 Mr. Fr. Peale, or to the Librarian of the Society. 



The star (*) denotes such varieties as are described from other 

 collections, but are wanting in the Society's collection. 



B, brass ; C, copper; L, lead. Where no letter is given, tbe token 

 is of copper. 



The sizes are given in sixteenths of an inch. Thus, size 12 de- 

 notes that the diameter is -j-g of an inch. 



The average weight of the tokens examined by Mr. William E. 

 Dubois, Assistant Assayer, United States Mint, is 51 grains. At 32 

 cents per pound (the average price of copper), their intrinsic average 

 value is -fQ\ of a cent. 



The following descriptive list of varieties that are frequently used 

 in " muling" is given for reference. 



I. Wreath. " Not one cent." 



a. " 1863." Wreath unbroken, 



b. Wreath without arrows, "not" small. "J. G. W." 



c. No arrows. "NOT" large. 



d. Arrows in wreath, "not" small. 



e. Same. " NOT" large, and in antique letters. 

 /. Same. " not " medium. 



g. " H" in wreath. 



h. Eagle's head in wreath. " NOT " small. 

 i. Tie of wreath in a large bow. 

 k. Tie in a small bow. "not" small. 

 I. Same. " NOT" large, in antique letters, 

 m. Resembles k, but " NOT " in common letters. Wreath of a 

 different character. 



n. " Not one cent for the widows." Star in opening of wreath. 

 0. Two stars in wreath. 



p. Unbroken wreath. " N O T " in antique letters. " L. Roloff." 

 q. Same, without " L. Roloff." 



