PENNSYLVANIA. Allen & Co. Sutlers [for] 84th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers. Due Bearer 10 Cts. in Trade. Printed in black on cream color cardboard. 50mm by 27mm. No frame, typeset in four lines. The denomination '10 Cts.' in the center. Above, '84th Reg. Penna. Vol./DUE BEARER' and below 'IN TRADE'. Issuer across the bottom. A superb grade example from the Criswell Collection Sale, last seen in 1977. This has held a fine place in the Ford Collection for a quarter century plus. Choice Extremely Fine.
Ex Grover Criswell Collection (Kagin's ANA 86th Convention Sale, August 23-28 1977, lot 4391).
This regiment hailed from Huntingdon, Pennsylvania and was organized in October, 1861. They fought at Cedar Mountain, Groveton, Chantilly, Fredericksburg and Chancelorsville. They left the service on January 13, 1865.
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