1863 Civil War Token - Union - Our Card (and other tokens & medals)

I purchased a batch of tokens & medals at the Naugatuck coin show this last Saturday. I’ll photograph these pieces & begin posting them in this thread.

The nicest (and rarest) of these pieces might be this 1863 Civil War token. I have seen the obverse before but am uncertain about the rarity & price for this die pair. The reverse simply states “Our Card”. The obverse has “Union” and the date 1863. Perhaps one of our experts could look this one up for me or suggest where to find it in my Rulau books? I’d like to mark the holder with the correct ID and rarity. You guys might even know the die pair. Any help or additional info is appreciated.

I got the CWT on the cheap but that doesn’t mean that it isn’t a darn good coin. You can see in the photo that it’s nicely preserved.

 

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There are some past & upcoming sales on Ebay in the $40 price range. Those pieces were not as nice as my CWT. There is currently one listed on Ebay with a buy-it-now of $175. http://www.ebay.com/itm/1863-Patrio...ps=63&clkid=981508483349667454&_qi=RTM1084480 IMO the coin in the link is not as nice as mine. If $175 is a realistic price then I made a killing when I bought this one. :devil:

 

The link to the token on eBay shows an R8, AU58 specimen graded by NGC. I believe your token to be a Fuld 34/277, which is an R3. This was based on the leaves at the top of each reverse wreath branch, and the R of OUR and the D of CARD. The obverse shows a small UNION and stars.

Others thoughts?

 

Thanks for the data. Any suggestions about where could I look up this information myself?

 

I used the book Partiotic Civil War Tokens by George and Melvin Fuld, my copy is dated 1991 reprint by the Civil War Token Society. A companion is the Die Photos & Fuld/Moore Listings Update of 4th Revised Edition of Partiotic Civil War Tokens, by George and Melvin Fuld also.

Civil War Token Society members get discounts on books. It is well worth it to join as the club publication The Journal is more that work the cost of membership just by itself.
Book Listing: http://www.cwtsociety.com/books.html

 

I agree with PG's attribution, even though my copy of Fuld's book is 31 years older.
Guy

 

Celluloid Starch Company of New Haven Conn.

Thanks for the help with my new CWT.

This next token is not a cool CWT. It is a token from the Celluloid Starch Company of New Haven Conn. (I went to school in New Haven). The reverse of the token states: “A great invention present this check & five cents to your grocer & get a large package celluloid starch”. I believe this token it is well worth the $0.60 I paid.

 

What is the item on the obverse? It is apparently the company trade mark. I'm embarrassed to say that I do not recognize what it is.

 

Looks like a starched collar.

 

So that's what it is. I had not seen one before.

 

This next one is a medal. It depicts William Penn on the obverse with “PENN” and “1882”. The reverse states: “Distributed by employees of U.S. Mint during the celebration of Pennsylvania’s Bi Centennial Oct. 24, 1882”

IMO it is another bargain I found for $0.60.

 

The Celluoid Starch Co. was founded in 1886 by S.H. Read to market a new type of starch. Later, they had offices in New York City as well as in New Haven. Apparently, the company went out of business about 1920. Since there's no dates on any of the tokens (about 6 or 7 varieties) they're hard to date, but have an 1890's "feel". It's believed that the Scovill Mfg. Co. struck the tokens. Rulau lists your piece as Mhv21. Looks like it would be worth $20 or so, so at .60 cents you did real well. BTW, the figure on the coin is a starched collar as Frank guessed. Nice pickup Collect!

Bruce

 

It's a starched collar , but looks more like Hecklyl and Jeckyl to me . lol

 

Dang you Frank you beat me to it .

 

Thanks for the info!

Here are a few more $0.60 tokens & medals. This "B. Ward Beam's World's Champion Daredevil" piece includes the Lord's prayer on the reverse.

 

The daredevil piece is apparently an advertizing token and good luck piece. It promoted the live daredevil shows in the 1930s - 1950s. You would guess the date by the style of the autos on the obverse.

 

There is a Hawaii transportation token in the mix. It is dated 1951 depicting a hula girl in grass skirt obverse & reverse.

 

This next token appears to be from an adult arcade (date & location unknown to me). It may not be worth the $0.60 paid but it now resides in my collection.

 

Woodstock 94 dollar token

As I recall Woodstock was a rather influential moment in time. Woodstock 94 was 25 years later. I suppose that some business made a dollar on every unused Woodstock 94 token. It looks like this Woodstock dollar was carried around as a souvenir for quite awhile. It is the size of a US nickel & made of aluminum.

 

Nice set of tokens Collect. I especially like the daredevil piece.

Bruce