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Group of Union Military Scrip, 1867

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Exonumia - Scrip Start Price:150.00 USD Estimated At:300.00 - 500.00 USD
Group of Union Military Scrip, 1867
SOLD
250.00USDto R******d+ buyer's premium (62.50)
This item SOLD at 2018 Jun 22 @ 08:30UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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Lot of 5 rare pieces of scrip. All have dateline Topeka, June 1st, 1867. Issued for $12-22 for services by authority of "An Act to provide for the assumption and settlement of the claims growing out of the Price Raid of 1864, and Indian Expedition under Gen. Curtis in July and August, 1864." Each piece of scrip is 4.5 x 8.5." Confederate general Sterling Price conducted the "Price Raid" in Sept. of 1864. He entered Kansas in an effort to reach Fort Scott but was met with resistance and eventually forced back into Missouri after causing $500,000 in damage. At the same time, there were uprisings in the western part of the state from Native Americans. Date: Location: Topeka, Kansas HWAC# 60415