Q. David Bowers s best-selling and award-winning has been updated and expanded (32 additional pages) in a new second edition. It includes recent research findings, more illustrations, and updated pricing in multiple grades. Also new in the second edition: chapters on sutler tokens and encased postage stamps. Civil War tokens are tangible reminders of American history. These small, cent-sized tokens served as emergency money during the small-change shortage of 1862 to 1865. Today they are highly collectible, and elevates the collecting and study of these once-shunned imitation cents to a new level of scholarship and accessibility. Novice and experienced collectors alike, as well as history buffs and everyone interested in the Civil War, will find this volume a fascinating and indispensable reference. Inside, you ll find a wealth of information not in print in any other single source.

Volume #16 in the Bowers Series. 480 pages, softcover, full color, 6 x 9 inches.