L.A. Merrill Copper Photographic Artist Token

Copper token for L.A. Merrill Photographic Artist Grand Rapids Mich. The reverse side features a Lady Liberty head surrounded by stars and an 1863 date making it look very much like a coin. In VG condition with plain edge, see photos. Measures 0.75"" diameter. (Leonard A. Merrill) was a 19th-century photographic artist in Grand Rapids, Michigan, who operated later photographic and view studios, including C.L. Merrill & Co. While early local photographers worked with daguerreotypes in the 1840s and 1850s, Merrill's documented work heavily spans later 19th-century formats like albumen prints, carte de visites, and Civil War-era Union uniform portraits.From the Allen Koenigsberg collection.