Newest Civil War Token Acquisition- Horrors of War

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  1. Collecting Nut

    Collecting Nut Borderline Hoarder

    That would be dangerous.
     
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  3. WizardNYC

    WizardNYC Active Member

    Get that young man a tetanus shot stat!
     
  4. WizardNYC

    WizardNYC Active Member

    Who knows the story behind this civil war token? 20200501_132129.jpg
     
  5. Collecting Nut

    Collecting Nut Borderline Hoarder

    It's a common one and it supports the Union.
     
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  6. Penna_Boy

    Penna_Boy Just a nobody from the past

    I have no idea but I like it.
    :cigar:
     
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  7. Collecting Nut

    Collecting Nut Borderline Hoarder

    It's known as the Shot Them On The Spot Civil War Token. That's all I know.
     
  8. longshot

    longshot Enthusiast Supporter

    I had to google it.:yawn:
    I had always wondered about the DIX but never looked into it.
     
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  9. WizardNYC

    WizardNYC Active Member

    On January 29, 1861 – a few months before the Civil War began – John Adams Dix, US Treasury Secretary, issued an order saying a Federal revenue cutter must not be allowed to fall into the hands of Southern sympathizers in New Orleans. He concluded the message with, “If anyone attempts to haul down the American flag, shoot him on the spot.”

    While a telegram bearing the message was stopped in Alabama, word got out and the line became a rallying cry in the North during the war.
     
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  10. johnmilton

    johnmilton Well-Known Member

    There is an error variety of the Dix token that reads, “Shoot him on the spoot.” There are several minor varieties of this design.
     
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  11. WizardNYC

    WizardNYC Active Member

    On the hunt for a good "Spoot" example. I need to be patient.
     
  12. Cheech9712

    Cheech9712 Every thing is a guess

    You ain't lying!!!
     
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  13. johnmilton

    johnmilton Well-Known Member

    Yes, very patient. They come up, but I have only seen a few nice ones. I had a no problem EF when I was dealer that I sold. A dealer had an MS-65 R&B at the last Winter FUN show, but he wasn't selling it. Most of them seem to have problems.
     
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  14. john65999

    john65999 Well-Known Member

    i have a complete set of these cards, (minus the checklist) anyone interested?
     
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  15. coin_nut

    coin_nut Well-Known Member

    I was raised in Maryland, been to Antietam many times, Gettysburg once. I love that period of history, and any old US coin I have, if it is pre 1865 I often imagine it being circulated during the Civil War years.
     
  16. WizardNYC

    WizardNYC Active Member

    Took the kids to the West Point Foundry last weekend. Beautiful place to hike with lots of Civil War history. It's where the Parrot gun was manufactured as depicted on the reverse of these civil war tokens. 20200503_114909.jpg 20200503_112851.jpg 20200503_113510.jpg 20200417_123056.jpg 20200502_153929.jpg 20200501_211215.jpg
     
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  17. johnmilton

    johnmilton Well-Known Member

    Here are both sides of one of the "shoot him on the spot" tokens. The American flag on the obverse is obviously part of the message.

    Dix O.jpg Dix R.jpg
     
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  18. WizardNYC

    WizardNYC Active Member

    Beautiful red/brown example! 25 stars. My obverse has 36 stars. 20200501_131930.jpg
     
  19. WizardNYC

    WizardNYC Active Member

    Errata -The Monitor had two XI-inch Dahlgren, smooth-bore cannons that were also cast at the WPF.
     
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