"THEIR EYESIGHT IS SO BAD THEY CAN'T EVEN READ WHAT'S WRITTEN ON THE ITEMS THEY ARE SLABBING." I have seen PCGS and NGC slabs that contain...
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I know Jody will be kinda partial to the chicken one! :D I'm not sure what this would be called...
From Kanzinger's book "The Civil War Token Collector's Guide": This copper planchet became the primary business strike choice of most of the...
I have a book on medallic portraits of Washington, but in scanning through the photos, none of them matched your description. Not all have photos...
My first thought is that the item is a trial strike to test the die. I have seen Civil War token trial strikes that appeared similar (some also...
Tough piece to id. I have a book, "Medallic Portraits of Washington", 2nd edition (318 pages), covering Washington issues from around the world,...
I used to collect coins (everything U.S.) before discovering tokens. While coins have a great deal of history, which I enjoy very much, tokens can...
Speedy, if you are willing to message me your address, I will send a couple tokens your way. I am getting ready to leave on a working "vacation"...
While the quantities quoted by longnine009 match what Haseltine is quoted as saying in his 1908 recollections, they conflict with earlier given...
Slave tags are extremely rare. Charleston, SC was the principal slave mart in the South prior to the Civil War, and was by far the largest...
I agree with Conder, if your interests are somewhat off the beaten path, ebay can be a treasure trove of items not found in any local shop. But,...
I have the 1983 Atwood-Coffee Catalogue of U.S. and Canadian Transportation Tokens and the related die varieties catalogue. I believe there is one...
I like numbers, but the 70 point scale does not seem like the best implementation of a number system. How many of the 70 are actually used with...
Your question does not actually pertain to trade tokens, but to Civil War Store Card tokens. The state designation should precede the ID number,...
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