1863 "Our Little Monitor" Civil War Token

Here is a neat civil war token that came in in the large collection we bought last week.

I had never seen this one and apparently it's a pretty popular piece. I can see why. It's really neat!

 

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Nice coin. I haven't. See it before I have two of the other kinds

 

The monitor series has good resale value. This is the better of either of the two.

 

The guys across the river go ga ga over this type o' stuff.........

http://www.numissociety.com/showthread.php?6117-Monitor-tokens-set-in-progress

 

that was built in Brooklyn, and sunk by itself in Hampton Hieghts

 

Beautiful CWT you came up with Matt. The "Little Monitor" tokens are always popular. This one is a Fuld 237 / 423a in copper or a 237 / 423b in brass. It looks to be copper, but it's hard to tell in pictures sometimes. A great piece!

Bruce

 

Very popular series.

 

A terrific looking example. Nice pickup.

 

If in some way I misunderstood you, I apologize.

The Monitor sunk off of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina after being swamped while being towed in a storm. The turret has since been raised and is (was?) on display at the Mariner's Museum in Newport News, Virginia.

 

This piece came back AU58BN at NGC. It's F-237/423a.

 

Thats looks to be an accurate grade. Once again, nice piece.

 

Great piece Matt , though comman , they are highly collected by CWT buffs , It's one of my favorite Patriotic designs . Yours is a beauty .