Team, I received this token? today in a lot of coins I'd purchased. As far as I can tell it's a Civil War token (#41) with George Washington on the front and Peace Forever on the reverse. I was hoping someone could share a little more information about it with me or provide a site where one can glean further information. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Bone
I can tell you that it IS a CWT - but I don't know the rev./obv. numbers offhand. It's not one of the rarer ones, though, if I remember correctly. Nice catch!
I know its a patriotic token not a store card. I'm sure someone with a book will give ya the low down on value. I think its cool
Well lookie what I found. Couldn't have done it without your help Jim for mentioning the patriotic thing http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cach...635683+118/418+token&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=4 Take Care Ben
Bone, here's one with a different obverse. http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-850.html and a list Fuld die numbers: http://www.civilwartokens.com/patriotic_type_list.htm If I'm reading it right,yours would fall into the following die ranges: 105-123 over 418-419 the first being Washington head dies and the second,"peace forever" with hands shaking dies. I'm sure that cwtokenman will be along to shoot holes in my fledgling effort but it was fun..LOL
Nice token Ben, I do like the CW lot :smile bit difficult to find over this side of the pond in such nice condition De Orc :kewl:
Thanks Steve for the look. You'd be surprised what folks list (ebay) and have no idea what they really are. I try to look at he lots/collections for what others are bidding on in the last hour or so and occasionally I get a snipe bid in and make out pretty good. This coin was in a 7 coin lot which included a 1810 1/2 cent good, 1916 XF (full horn) Buffalo Nickel, 1857 1/2 Dime in Good, an 1868 2 Cent in Good, 1858 Flying Eagle cent in Good, and an 1868 3 cent Nickel in Fine. Not to shabby for $40.00 bucks. Take Care B
Allways seems the ones that I find either wont take paypal or wont ship to the UK LOL as i say I do have a couple and will get more :thumb: De Orc
Your link did not work for me, but the search line indicated the 118/418a id, which is the correct id. The lower case "a" at the end of the id number is the indicator for copper. Many people incorrectly id cwts since so many are very close in appearance. For your token only the 117 & 419 dies were pretty close, and the 117 was not paired with either the 418 or 419, so that one is out. The 118/419 is much more scarce, the 419 "PEACE" used somewhat smaller sized letters, and is in a slightly higher position above the clasped hands. Now for the Liberty head design, there were 34 Liberty (facing left) patriotic dies. The Indian heads are perhaps the toughest with nearly 100 different dies. Some differences are not always readily apparent - spacing of stars in the headband, or 90, 92 or 94 beads around the rim. Nice R2 token. Value in F/VF is $13.
HI CW Could you please explain a little more about exonumia collectors is that just cwt or all medals ?
Hi Bruce, Exonumia consists of tokens, medals and other non-monetary coin-like objects. The noun exonumia is from two classical Latin roots: exo, meaning "out-of", and nummus, meaning "coin", thus "out-of-coins". It covers coin-like objects such as tokens and medals, and other items used in place of legal currency or for commemoration, including elongated coins, encased coins, souvenir medallions, tags, badges, counterstamped coins, wooden nickels, credit cards, as well as other similar items. I go by a loosely held definition, which also include apothecary weights, calendars, charge coins, dog license tags, flippers, love tokens & spinners. Hope that helps.
Thanks for the info I understand now, I am thinking about getting as many Thomas Jefferson medals as I can for my collection thanks again.
Don't forget bus and subway tokens, sales tax tokens and ration tokens (pressed cardboard red and Blue "points").
