Sutlers' Checks 上市 Deposited
The tokens issued by the sutlers, i.e., the military victualers corresponding to the canteen-keepers of the present time, attached to the various regiments and posts of the Northern Army during the Civil War in the United States. At first, for a short time, these cheeks were of cardboard or paper, but these soon disintegrated through wear and were replaced by metallic issues. This currency had free circulation in the regiment or brigade for which it was issued, and formed the greater part of the small change. The denominations ranged from five to one hundred Cents. The issue is without artistic merit, being of interest from the historic point of view only. See Wood in Am. Journal of Numismatics (xxxvii. 23, and xlvii. 163).
- Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)