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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ZoidMeister, post: 23580448, member: 114169&quot;]I haven&#039;t been buying lately, but recently traded a few items worth about $10 to a guy for a box of exonumia. Most of the box contained heavily corroded French and German Notgeld&#039;s, but every once in a while, one gets lucky in a junk box.</p><p><br /></p><p>The damage / hole is unfortunate, but In that box I found a DeWitt JF 1856-(?) political token. I know it is not an &quot;1856-9&quot; or &quot;1856-10&quot;. I&#039;m just trying to better nail down the attribution of this one.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also looking to see if y&#039;all think it is &quot;desirable&quot; or &quot;dreck&quot; . . . . .</p><p><br /></p><p>One reference has similar listed as &quot;anti-slavery&quot; tokens, (hence the <b>&quot;Free Soil / Free Men / Free Speech&quot;</b> references) which makes it all the more interesting in my thinking.</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="6"><b>(1856) JC FREMONT 1000 / EAGLE-1080 kpb (R-5)</b></font></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1546470[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1546471[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Then I ran across this Temperance Pin.&nbsp; I would love to find out more information on it, if anyone knows . . . . . . .</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1546472[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1546473[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>How about a <b>British / Canadian WWII Medal?</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Not sure if this is silver or Cu-Ni.&nbsp; I can see daylight between the &quot;coin&quot; and the bezel.&nbsp; Makes me think this could have been issued without the ribbon?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1546474[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1546475[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And then a clearly cast copy of a <b>Van Buren Hard Times Token</b>.&nbsp; The fields look &quot;sandy&quot; and there is a distinct &quot;seam&quot; around the edge. </p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s curious to me why someone would go through all the trouble of copying one of these.&nbsp; They are quite common.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1546476[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1546477[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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