I have two books that were part of a series by The National Historical Society entitled "War of the Rebellion - Official Records of the Union and...
That pretty sums up my opinion as well! Do you ever go to the monthly coin sale in Talmadge? I'm about a half hour from there.
I like to collect things that have ties to token issuers - postcards, advertisements, newspaper articles, or other items with their name on it. I...
There were political tokens issued for the south as well. I believe most, if not all of them were produced by Northern diesinkers who were...
I don't know what it could be at this point. As Aidan indicated, pics would be helpful. In lieu of that, a good description may suffice -...
There are always some on ebay. I'm not sure if the pricing was fair or not, but recently I saw some foreign (semi-obscure country) Masonics...
I would agree that a date counterstamp would not have much of a premium over face, but there is always a chance someone may desire that cent. I...
I collect them and have a reference book for them if you need any id numbers or anything. The dates on these tokens are not when they were struck,...
Rarity is directly related to demand IMO. Many of my token references assign rarity ratings to tokens based on the number known (thought) to exist...
I could be wrong, but I was under the impression that the edge lettering on the Presidential $1 coins was done in a separate process (after the...
This was a good week, as I received 7 new books for my exonumia library, pushing the number over 200. Small California and Territorial Gold...
Got room for another Ed? I don't have much to add to the linked site's info, but I do have a little. The site listed Baker 937, which was for...
Most of the counterfeit Civil War tokens that I possess & have seen are of common tokens. Most are cast, and rather crudely done, often with a...
I'll take a guess that it is a Missouri tax token. Two are white cardboard varieties, both 43mm in dia. S2 - white cardboard with blue border...
Masonic, or Mark Pennies have many designs (although many are similar), and there are over 500 reverse dies that have been used to produce these....
I do believe tpgs have value as authenticators, and I can see using them for establishing a grade for big $$$ coins (although I am not impressed...
I don't even ask and I got 23 Morgans/Peace and 1 ASE (and other silver) from the banks last year (all at face value). There are benefits to being...
Hi tdec1000, Id for your token is NY10A-5a. Rarity is R2 - 2,000 to 5,000 known. This pair of merchants were fairly prolific with 22 varieties....
For those who like slabs because they believe they will not acquire a cleaned coin utilizing that method, I believe that you are under a false...
Very impressive, thanks for sharing!
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