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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;acanthite, post: 360866, member: 6647&quot;]This patriotic civil war token, which I think is a 210/416 but I could be off, has a lot going on, I wanted to post here for comment. I assume this token was struck with inferior minting equipment and dies, as I believe the case was for many of these. The obverse has a cud at about 1:30</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x7/karakorum_photos/CWT_1863_210-416-obv-red.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The reverse is a mess. The lettering ANYBODY ATTEMPTS has been highly affected by the state of the die (&#039;crumbling&#039;?):</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x7/karakorum_photos/CWT_1863_210-416-rev-red.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The lettering of SHOOT looks to have been repunched, or at least that&#039;s what I would call it on a coin from this era. Note the faint Y right of the T, I don&#039;t know why it is there, since the next word over is HIM.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x7/karakorum_photos/CWT_1863_210-416-detail-SHOOT2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>These look to me like die polish lines, note that they don&#039;t show on the upraised lettering.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x7/karakorum_photos/CWT_1863_210-416-detail-DIEPOLISH2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>And some die cracks.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x7/karakorum_photos/CWT_1863_210-416-detail-DIECRACKS2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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