Playing Card Tokens: Samuel Hart & Co. and Consolidated Card Co.

Collection of pre-Civil War playing card tokens. Features tokens depicting the Queen of Diamonds (236 South 36th St., Phila.), the Jack of Clubs (No. 1 Barclay St., NYC), and advertising for Sam'l Hart Card Counter (418 South 13th St., Phila. & 307 Broadway, NY). Tokens are made of white metal and feature a crest with diamond, spade, heart, and club symbols on the back. The tokens also mention Isaac Levy and Lewis I. Cohen, whose businesses merged in 1871 to form the Consolidated Card Co. Dated circa 1863.

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  • HART, SAMUEL

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