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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Paddy54, post: 2047926, member: 19250&quot;]I&#039;m&nbsp; sure many historians,&nbsp; as well&nbsp; members here would fight over the the point I&#039;m about to make. The decade&nbsp; from 1857 through&nbsp; 1867 to me has to be one or the most important&nbsp; to the coinage of the United and not so untied States.&nbsp; In 1857 a peaceful country&nbsp; was on a prelude to war. A war&nbsp; that would divide a country where brother would fight brother. A decade&nbsp; where the war would cause a closure of one mint ,and capture&nbsp; of another. A decade of coin shortages , token usage,and medals to honor the battles,and their heroes .</p><p>During&nbsp; this time the U.S. had in circulation&nbsp; half cents,large cents, small Indian head cents, two cent pieces ,three&nbsp; cent pieces , half dimes,&nbsp; nickels, dimes,quarters , half dollars ,and dollar coins. As well as gold coins struck in one dollar,two and half dollar,three dollar,half eagles, eagles,and double eagles.</p><p>There was also paper notes printed but most not worth the paper printed on. Coinage was hoarded that lead to the usage of tokens.</p><p>Store tokens, civil&nbsp; war tokens, as well as medals&nbsp; were minted and struck for commerce.</p><p>Let see some of those coins ,tokens and medals from his decade...</p><p>Post your pre, and post civil war coins, medals ,and tokens. 1857-1867</p><p>I&#039;m&nbsp; sure that his thread will fill with eye candy that all the collectors&nbsp; here will drool.&nbsp; There&#039;s&nbsp; a lot that items that can post here....let&#039;s&nbsp; see them all.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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