Civil War Sutler Token

I picked this piece today. Apparently these pieces are pretty rare.



This might help explain if you have never seen one of these before. Benson was the Sutler for the 1st New York Mounted Rifles.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sutler

 

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Matt, is it my phone or is the ER of Sutler repunched?

 

The die looks very crudely cut... I think the E was originally an F punch... And the R probably was an I punch (tho it could have been an upside down L) and they were changed by hand on the die.

 

Very coin token.

 

I thought it was pretty neat. This might be a new area of collecting for me personally.

 

I enjoy tokens. To me, this one is really cool in several ways. It has so much history behind it. The age and style of the letters and numbers. Nice token.

 

I admit I have been bitten by CWT's lately. I bought one recently that had been dug up in a church garden locally back in July that is very rare. I will image it and post it sometime with the whole story.

 

Sutlers are tough to find.
And too expensive for me but very cool.
Nice pick up Matt.

 

Great find! Those go for the big dollars on ebay, I see them all the time but those are for the serious collectors with deep pockets! :yes: I can only dream. Two thumbs up! :yes: