1862 (ca. 1864) Charles K. Warner Store Card. The Monitor. Musante GW-741, Baker-583Y. Copper. MS-65 RB (PCGS). 27.8 mm. Considerable original red remains on both sides, complemented by soft accents of blue and violet. Boldly prooflike and very handsome. The Monitor die was cracked twice from the rim to the smokestack, one crack extending down to the ironclad. Likely one of just four struck, though a copper one was not offered in the January 1878 Haseltine sale. From the Kessler Collection of USS Monitor Tokens. Earlier ex William Spohn Baker Collection, to the Historical Society of Pennsylvania by bequest, November 15, 1897; our sale of the Collections of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania featuring the Collection of William Spohn Baker, November 2019 Baltimore Auction, lot 20534. Lot tag included.
