(ca. 1865) Store Card. Tin. 28 mm. Musante JAB-17. MS-62 (NGC).Otherwise pewter gray surfaces with swirls of deeper gray color on the obverse associated with areas of roughness. Sharply struck. Bolen produced this store card type in anticipation of his return to full time die sinking activities after leaving employment at the U.S. Arsenal in Springfield, Massachusetts. The present example is one of only 10 examples believed to have been struck in this metallic composition (per Musante, 2002).From the Ralph A. Edson Collection.
