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<p>[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 7788686, member: 101855"]I would wait to buy a better one, if it's in your budget. These tokens come nice.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1336889[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is another one with silver plating.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1336891[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The Wide Awakes were a Republican Party marching unit that was strong in the Northeast during the 1860 presidential campaign. They held large torch-light parades that attracted large crowds. They carried lighted lamps on poles, and wore capes to protect their clothing from the spillage. Sometimes they marched in a zig-zag pattern, like a fence rail, which referred to their candidate, Abraham Lincoln, the railsplitter.</p><p><br /></p><p>I paid a strong price for the first one in copper, which looks better in person than it does in the photo. I bought the second one back in the 1990s for a lot less than $100.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 7788686, member: 101855"]I would wait to buy a better one, if it's in your budget. These tokens come nice. [ATTACH=full]1336889[/ATTACH] Here is another one with silver plating. [ATTACH=full]1336891[/ATTACH] The Wide Awakes were a Republican Party marching unit that was strong in the Northeast during the 1860 presidential campaign. They held large torch-light parades that attracted large crowds. They carried lighted lamps on poles, and wore capes to protect their clothing from the spillage. Sometimes they marched in a zig-zag pattern, like a fence rail, which referred to their candidate, Abraham Lincoln, the railsplitter. I paid a strong price for the first one in copper, which looks better in person than it does in the photo. I bought the second one back in the 1990s for a lot less than $100.[/QUOTE]
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