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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 25480583, member: 101855&quot;][USER=105571]@Publius2[/USER] was looking for a &quot;Our little Monitor&quot; Civil War token and was successful. I mentioned to him that there was an Indiana Primitive variety of the token and tried to describe it to him. Since pictures are worth a 1,000 words, here are two examples. </p><p><br /></p><p>This is the original &quot;Our little Monitor&quot; which was made by the Scoville Company in Waterbury, Connecticut. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1630810[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>This second Monitor token was made by Henry Higgins who was a jeweler, watch make, eye glass maker, a maker of barometers and other produces. It appears that Higgins used an example of the token above to make a copy die in softened steel. The reverse is one of Higgins&#039; home made dies which gives his tokens the &quot;primitive&quot; label. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1630811[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Higgins made many token varieties, both as patriotics and store cards for other merchants. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a merchant store card Higgins made for his business. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1630813[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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