1863 civil war tokens

Discussion in 'What's it Worth' started by Coinfreak1996, Aug 3, 2017.

  1. Coinfreak1996

    Coinfreak1996 New Member

    Hey guys, I need your help on these ones.

    I bought them as a part of a small collection and do not really know anything about their value since there are so many varieties...
    the condition of most of these is superb, some of them even have some mint luster left, but see for yourselves. An estimate would be very much appreciated. :)

    (I hope the photos are ok)
     

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  3. spirityoda

    spirityoda Coin Junky

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  4. Treashunt

    Treashunt The Other Frank

    I can't see them clearly.

    Note: Pictures are far clearer out of the 2X2 holders
     
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  5. Oldhoopster

    Oldhoopster Member of the ANA since 1982

    What kind of estimate are you looking for? Retail value? What a dealer would pay? To sell on Ebay?
     
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  6. Coinfreak1996

    Coinfreak1996 New Member

    thx, that helped a lot for orientation :)

    sell on ebay, I guess. Even though I probably wont sell them.

    Yeah
    , I was afraid that would happen, sry about that
     
  7. PennyGuy

    PennyGuy US and CDN Copper

    First, I would work on attributing them. That will identify the rarity, then, considering condition, look for completed auction comp values.
     
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  8. Oldhoopster

    Oldhoopster Member of the ANA since 1982

    If you can get clear, cropped pics of each obv and rev, there are probably enough people on CT that can help attribute them. Books are readily available and easy to use, but if this is not your area of interest, it might not be worth spending the money (although I am a strong proponent of collectors having a numismatic reference library). It would also to show only 2-3 coins per post.

    They seem to be decent, collectable CWTs. Nothing jumps out as being rare, but there can be scarce varieties of these types.
     
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  9. ldhair

    ldhair Clean Supporter

    Nice looking group.
     
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  10. jrw711

    jrw711 Member

    They appear to be nice patriotic tokens which are not rare...appear to be mostly R-1 or R-2. The Washington (obv) is 110/442 R-1 and the 1863 Liberty (obv) is 235/269 R-2. The revised 5th edition Fuld - Patriotic Civil War Tokens is the current best resource book for Patriotic Civil War tokens. Happy researching.
    Google Civil War Token Society for best group to join and as a source of CWT books.
    The CWTs, both Patriotic and Store Cards can become an addiction....mine started over 50 years ago.
     
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  11. Coinfreak1996

    Coinfreak1996 New Member


    Thank you guys, really
    . I successfully identified them all and you were right. Best ones are 2 R3s rest is R1 and R2. Still because most of these coins are uncirculated the whole bunch might be worth around 100 bucks or something like that.
    fascinating coins. I'm considering starting collecting these.
    And sorry again for the bad pics, next time I will scan each one individually.

    this thread can be closed now, thanks. :)
     
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  12. ldhair

    ldhair Clean Supporter

    I think you are way low on the value.
     
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