I kinda like that dime design.
@Shrews1994 posted her Round 2 receipt in a different thread.
Thanks. I grossly overpaid for that coin, but the auction competition was fierce. I decided I had to have it.
Wow. I once got a ‘43 steel cent in one of those trays. But it was pretty rusty.
Would’ve fooled me. :(
Definitely fits the bill. Now it’s your turn to pick a new theme if you want, or we can continue with sea creatures.
Good ol’ SPOOT! I remember it well. So there’s a CWT. Got any HTTs, Randy?
Theme is sea creatures. ;)
Isn't that a thunderbolt on the reverse? Not a sea creature, which is the current theme? Or is that some kind of weird mythological sea creature...
Fun find, @paddyman98! I dug some cool old tokens over the years, when I was a detectorist, but never a Civil War token. (Other Civil War...
This one isn't a HTT or CWT, but rather a merchant token from the Antebellum South, which makes it interesting. Since I sometimes wear a top hat...
Post your Hard Times and Civil War tokens! (19th century and earlier merchant tokens are fine, too.) I liked the antislavery theme on this one....
I sure can't tell, from the picture. Maybe if you ever get it in hand, you could look at it through a loupe.
Aren't ALL cuds on the rim?
Hm. It looked fine to me. Go figure. *shrugs*
Agreed. Even ignoring the cud, it's a nicely toned example.
Boy, that track brings back high school memories!
I wasn't being sarcastic. I clicked in from the side menu and didn't see this was an Error forum post. Then I failed to look at the closeups of...
Ahhh! Gotcha! LOL
Something sharp hit the coin there, and displaced the metal, causing the area around the hole to be raised up. Think of it as a small impact crater.
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