JAB-05 YOUNG AMERICA Silvered Brass

28mm Unlisted Silvered 75 Brass examples struck
Dies cut in 1962

The Young America piece is Bolen's first storecard and was designed to promote his die sinking business. The obverse features "Young America", adopted from the cover of the satirical political publication of the same name. Bolen must have shared the views expressed within the publication and mostly likely the Republican party, adopting this logo for his own storecard.

This variety has been listed as MA 760A-1b in the new Civil War Token Storecard book, with a notation that examples are known silvered. Don't know why it did not rate a separate 760A-1bp listing. A Copper NGC MS-63 piece, sold for $1093 in the Stacks 9/09 auction (lot 7241). This is the only example of a silvered specimen that I have seen and, in my opinion, should command a premium price above and beyond what unsilvered Copper or Brass examples sell for. If you have the opportunity to purchase a Bolen Young America piece at a reasonable price, you should take advantage of it. The supply of these will not satisfy the demand from the Civil War Token community.