Civil war token

I have a Jos. Mcburney cigarbox maufr token out of Albany, NY. It states it can be redeemed at 26 Mulberry St. i was curious if it is a desired coin and what the selling value could be. The pic below is the exact coin. Thanks for the help.

 

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I can tell ya this much is Mulberry st still there.
I was born in Albany Ny and grew up in Catskill Ny a 25 mile south of Albany.had a Military School on that st I went to and lived at .
It could be a bit older than civil war. I am not a token expert . Seen a few rare ones that just pop up.

 

One time Washington had a large camp in Albany Ny . There National Markers all over that area.

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Thanks for the information. very interesting stuff. I'm certainly not a coin collector, so finding any info about it is difficult. I'm not sure where to begin to assign a value to it.

 

Your token is listed in the Fuld's Civil War storecard reference as NY10c-1a yankeecoin. It's copper (or should be) and is rated as an R-3 or rarity-3. This means that there are estimated to be between 500 and 2,000 examples known which makes it pretty common. I would estimate the value at 20 or 30 dollars. The valuation is just a guess but should be pretty close. Though not rare, a nice historic token nevertheless.

Bruce

 

Look for cheehea cats he can help or Frank treasurehunter
they can help.

 

Thanks for the help guys. Very interesting stuff.

 

Kanzinger's 2002 book lists the value of your token at $13 in F/VF and $17 in XF. That is the most current price guide available. But, Civil War tokens are fairly hot at the moment, so I would agree with Bruce's estimate.