Missouri--St. Louis. 1863 John H. Blood, Lallemands Specific. Fuld-910B-3a. Rarity-9. Copper. 19 mm.

Missouri--St. Louis. 1863 John H. Blood, Lallemands Specific. Fuld-910B-3a. Rarity-9. Copper. 19 mm. MS-63 BN (NGC).，Blended rose-brown and antique gold surfaces display a swirl of bright pink at the right obverse border. Boldly to sharply defined throughout, the reverse is rotated 45 degrees clockwise from coin alignment. Although John H. Blood was primarily a merchant tailor with his business located at 21 North Third Street, as of 1860, he also served as St. Louis wholesaler for Lallemands Rheumatism, Gout & Neuralgia Specific, which was later proved to be a worthless patent medicine. By 1864 Blood had moved to 24 North Fifth Street.，Ex Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society; Heritages sale of the Eric P. Newman Collection, June 2016, lot 98287.，