[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Another cwt with significant die cracks is the less commonly found Benjamin & Herrick NY10A-7b.
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] I have a dozen or so of the Broas Bros cwts at various stages of deterioration. My examination of those tokens shows that about...
I collect them and have several reference books on that topic: 1963 War Prisoner Money And Medals, Guido Kisch 1960 Media of Exchange Used In...
Just last week my wife found a 1935-D quarter. She works at our local newspaper and was helping to count the coins from the coin boxes. That is...
I am by no means an expert in foreign coinage, but it appears to me that your Canadian dollar is the pointed 5, small beads variety. There are...
I forgot to mention, learn to attribute id numbers for cwts on your own, as there are many incorrect id numbers assigned to cwts out there. Even...
I would say that an essential book would be Kanzinger's "The Civil War Token Collector's Guide". While its listed values are now out of date...
George Hosek lists Gent Den on line 1214 of "Nebraska Maverick Trade Tokens", 1st edition, 1998, and attributes it to Harvard, but does not...
This is dated information, but it gives values for general categories of tokens. Your token would fall under Chapter 54 - Sports, Section A -...
This token looks very much like the American Gaming Counters made by the firm of Ludwig Christoph Lauer. The Lauer firm used foreign language to...
Hi Kickindirt, My apologies for the late reply, but I have been in Chamelco, Guatemala since March 27th and did not have internet access. I just...
More specifically, it is a manufacturer's stock arcade token. These would be sent to arcade houses while their custom tokens were being made, and...
Halves were fairly common to receive in change when I was growing up, even getting a few well worn Barbers as payment for a week's newspapers. I...
From what I see in my reference book, the modern brothel tokens pretty much appear to be souvenir pieces and are not good for trade. It appears...
I believe they nailed coins over their doorways for good luck. Coins have been used for many purposes. Some of the more interesting altered coins...
When I've bought Mardi Gras tokens, I've paid in the range of 25 cents to a buck each, but usually towards the lower end.
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...
Peterson & Johnson's book "North Dakota Merchant Tokens" list this token as id S-06-01-05. I wouldn't guess it from the token's color in the...
With exonumia, it is not uncommon for multiple identification systems to exist for a given series. If you ever look at Rulau's U.S. token book,...
Sorry for the late reply non_cents, I just don't have the time to visit here as often as I would like. Things that tend to make a scarce token...
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