It's a very nice design and in good condition. I never understood how tokens are graded since almost every variety has a unique strike. And I'm not sure if they benefit from third party slabbers. Mostly, I just go by eye appeal, and your's has a lot.
Yes, that's a very nice one, congrats. I know this much, these merchants weren't exactly the U.S. Mint, and it shows...especially, I've noticed, in the fouled-up die-rotations. These are very cool, though, I think. And unique...that's an understatement. Very nice, Larry; and thanks for sharing. :thumb: Nice little trick you performed, too, getting those pictures to flip (...now how does he do that?).
The flipping coin is sort of hypnotic isn't it...I'm falling under it's spell...must buy more coins...must buy a civil war token...:bigeyes:
My Worst Nightmare... My worst nightmare would be to see 20 million people owning one Civil War Token each, and nobody amassing real 'collections.' Many famous and prized collections have been broken up and sold off piece by piece. I'd like to see more collectors so I am sharing what I know of CWT's. I hope my photos reflect some of the wide variety of design and American enterprise that CWT's represent. It still amazes me that thousands of die pairings exist, and that all of this effort happened in a four-year period. I'm glad to hear that you like the images in the animated gif format.
Lovely looking token and the design reminds me of a few English tokens issued in the 1700s. I believe that I have seen very similar beehives on tokens from Macclesfield and Dorset to name a couple LOL Nice to see it made its way across the pond
You have a great Parys Mining Comapny avatar, De Orc I sure like the Conder Token pictured in your avatar; it's as nice as I've seen. : ) Yes, the beehive has been a symbol of industry in both countries, and perhaps others as well.
