Hi Svessien, its nice to see so many old friends and acquaintances here.
It varies, but too much time in any case. Most coin shops have little in the way of exonumia for even a beginning collector, so ebay offers a...
I have a few cwts sitting around Larry. Nice thread and some nice pics. There are a few cwts that may also appeal to those that collect regular...
Hi Yahya, I see that your signature line mentions tokens. Is exonumia of interest to you?
Interesting discussion, and some nice pics. There are some fake cwts around, and I have 4 of them. The ones that I have are cast examples of an...
This token has been attributed to the town of Wheeling, WV. One and ten cent tokens were also made for Mr. Bearley.
I can't help you with a value, but it is id RBH 1876-1 in my 1959 edition of A Century of Campaign Buttons 1789-1889" by J. Doyle DeWitt. These...
Freedman & Goodkind, Civil War storecard, id IL 150V-2a, R-3 rarity (501-2000 known to exist), (2002) listed value in XF is $30 V. Blatz/City...
Since you did not post pictures, verify my identification with this example that I found on ebay to the token that you have....
Hi Bobby and welcome to Coin Talk. FarmerB is correct in that what you have is a Patriotic Civil War token. But they made thousands of varieties...
I have an answer for an old question of Klunky's. The FNB of Saint John, Kansas (Stafford county) was chartered in 1886. There are 4 large sized...
"Don't buy them" is easily said when there are raw ones available. My "complaint" is that with what I collect, that token in a slab may be my only...
I have a book devoted to issues regarding Washington, but after much searching, I could not find your item, sorry.
The answers given above are certainly possibilities, but that is not what came to my mind when I read your question. I may be way out of the ball...
I personally have no use for the tpgs, but I do think they have value as an authentication service. In general, I don't care if someone wants to...
A Morgan dollar (someone paid for their newspapers with it). Make it three first timers on the Mercury Comet. Mine was a green '63 convertible...
501 to 2000 is still fairly common with Civil War tokens. I think something like 70% of the 10,000+ varieties are in the 20 or less known...
Hi Ryan, You have a Civil War token, id 259/445a, R3. The 259 die is the one with the ship. Neither of those dies were paired with any other...
Thanks for sharing, Hobo, very interesting. I've got a coin book from 1859 that lists some coins for sale as well as some coin auction results. so...
Wish I had time to take some pics. I have all kinds of token oddities. To list just a few things that they were good for were: 3 1/2 cents, 6 1/4...
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