Civil War Saturday-Post yours too! 1861-1865

Today being Saturday, I've chosen The Civil war as our theme. Post any coin or token from 1861-1865 that you have and Thanks for participating!!
This is my 1864 "Large Motto" 2 cent that I found at a former Civil War soldiers homestead Metal Detecting.(With Permission)(Grave was just across the dirt road with a nice Headstone) . I actually found three 2 centers that day!!!

 

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Technically my 1860-O Seated dollar is outside the 1861-1865 date range. However it’s relavent as its one of the last US coins produced at the New Orleans mint before it fell into the hands of the Confederacy

 

@SensibleSal66 Hete you go as per your request. Check out the errors on this CWT and it’s (the errors as it’s more than one of them) plural, not singular.

 

Here’s one of my CSA Notes. It’s a $50.00 note from 1861, one of the first notes the Confederacy produced. Actually it’s the 4th note they had printed. The serial number is unique and the note is signed and dated on the back side.
On the back is also hand written by a soldier “A. R. 30”. This is a reference to him assigned to the Arkansas 30th Regiment.

 

Here's a couple of Patriotics and a couple of Store Cards.

 

This note has been linked to Andersonville prison. A signature is on the back along with a date. It also has 2 interest payment stamps. It was in payment for bricks. The serial number is nice as it’s 59,000.

 

Here’s an 1863 Union Forever. The obverse is a man on a horse with “FIRST IN EAR, FIRST IN PEACE” around the rim.

 

Another one of my CSA Notes. The serial number is 55555. Very hard to find on a Confederate Note. Dated Feb 17th, 1864.

 

This note is dated Feb 17th, 1864. It is a radar note. The serial number is 2992. The face value of the note is $50.00.

 

The note is not what it appears to be. It’s a $20.00 note dated September 2 1861 but this note is a counterfeit. It’s a good one but it’s not real. I knew it when I bought it and the price I paid was right.

 

This piece was issued around the time when there was a peace conference held in Washington, DC in February 1861 between representatives of the North and South. Most people, including Lincoln, didn't think anything would come of it. Many thought that the South was playing for time while they were gearing up for war.

This piece is made of bass. The variety, Fuld 260, is known in many metals including copper, copper-nickel, white metal, silver, lead and gilted copper. Despite the variety of metals, all of the variations are rare.



Here is another "copperhead" CWT.



The words "Fort Lafayt" appear in place of "LIBERTY" on the Indian's headband. Fort Lafayette was the infamous Union prison that was located in New York were suspected Southern sympathizes were imprisoned. Habeas corpus was suspended at this time so you could end up in jail based on someone's accusation against you.

The slogan, "Million for Contractors, not one cent for the widows" was a dig at the Union authorities to stir up trouble. Some contractors did indeed defraud the Union government, and the widows' benefits paid to those who lost their spouses were pitiful. Still the tone of this piece shows that the issuer was sympathetic to the South. This token is fairly common.

And here is a real copper head stickpin. The "liberty" copperhead was made from a coronet style large cent which was cut out from the coin.

 

Do you have the error token? The one that reads SPOOT. I have one but no photos of it.

 

The "SPOOT" token is supposed to be common, but all but one of the examples I have owned had issues. I sold that one good piece when I was a dealer.

I saw a dealer at one of the FUN shows a couple of years ago who had a high grade one. He had bought it for a want list customer and wouldn't even show it to me.

It's a blundered die with no historical significance so I can live without it. I'd like to have one, but there does not seem to be much chance of that.

 

I do not.

 

Maybe you’ll pick up one in the near future. To have both is really neat.