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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;BRandM, post: 1737587, member: 22729&quot;]They are rare Frank but the real value lies in the story behind the token. J.B. Schiller was a New Orleans businessman...an importer as well as the proprietor of the Sazerac Coffee House in the city. During the Union siege of New Orleans in the spring of 1862 he issued these &quot;10 Cent&quot; Indian Head tokens as well as paper scrip in the denominations of 25 and 50 Cents as a form of Hard Times currency.&nbsp; His issues are one of the very few southern Civil War tokens known. They are also considered &#039;siege money&quot; which just adds to their value. There are only 8 examples known, all on 1860 Indian Head Cents as the OP&#039;s is. BTW, the city finally fell to Union forces on May 1, 1862. Great story = great value.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bruce[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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