 MASSACHUSETTS. Chase's Storekeeper Department, 13th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers. Good for Five Cents. Black on yellow cardboard. 55mm by 44mm. Text on the face, title across top in Gothic. Denomination in center with '...REDEEMABLE IN CASH..' Signature between. On the back, the Massachusetts Arms with motto 'ALWAYS READY'. A sharp looking and well engraved type. Some minor wear. Extremely Fine.
Ex Grover Criswell Collection (Kagin's ANA 86th Convention Sale, August 23-28 1977, part of lot 4348).
Organized on June 16, 1861 and mustered out of service on August 1, 1864. They fought at Chancellorsville and Gettysburg.
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