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The "Our Army" Civil War token is a privately minted coin from the 1860s that served as an unofficial penny during a national coin shortage. Typical designs feature a liberty head on one side and "Our Army" with military themes on the other. These pieces are widely collected by history enthusiasts. Why They Were Made: During the Civil War, families and soldiers hoarded government-issued small change like the copper-nickel cent. To keep the economy moving, private merchants and die-makers began striking their own tokens in 1862.