I’ve had this for a long time but it’s a G. Washington token that I known nothing about. The one side is smooth as a baby’s butt. No it has not been ground down that I can see.
1959 Collis restrike. These were struck uniface with the original dies in 1959. I'll look up more in the morning. Z
Mine was counterstamped in 1960 by the Nixon for President campaign. My reverse looks the same as yours. Z
Not sure. I don’t see or feel anything but I bought it in this green 2x2 flip and never taken it out.
I have no idea what it is but I doubt it’s a civil war token. That’s the wrong war for him. Lol and this token only has his date of birth and what state. To me, it looks on the newer side. Not modern but newer.
As stated above, it's a 1959 restrike. I found this on the interwebs... In 1792, a George Washington copper coin was struck, and even though it did not have a denomination, it was considered a “Cent.” Fast forward to 1959 when coin dealer Albert Collis created a transfer die of the original die used to strike the undated (1792) “Washington Born Virginia” medal. An inscription around the rim of the piece reads, “GEO. WASHINGTON BORN VIRGINIA FEB. 11. 1732.” Using the copy die, Collis struck around 5,000 copper examples. Once Collis completed the restriking process, he donated the die to the American Numismatic Association, where it resides today. https://www.govmint.com/1959-copper-washington-born-virginia-medal-restrike-ngc-ms63rb
@Collecting Nut That link above to the GovMint.com pricing is quite a bit high. Here are auction results posted by PCGS. https://www.pcgs.com/auctionprices/...restrike-copper-rb/522528/1182964561418278926 My experience with pricing of these raw is that they vary from about $20 to a bit over $40 if in really nice condition. My counter struck example was a little under $30. The copper re-strikes seem to be fairly easy to track down, but are still fairly rare given their mintage numbers of around 5,000 pieces. There are a few extreme rarities that were created as a part of this run and command significant $$$. Z
Here is it's listing on TokenCatalog. Not contributed by me. http://tokencatalog.com/token_recor...=524063&attribution_id=630904&record_offset=0 Z
