Anybody know about these tokens?

Discussion in 'Coin Chat' started by C-B-D, Jul 17, 2015.

  1. C-B-D

    C-B-D Well-Known Member

    Picked these 2 up for $10 each at the Baltimore show. I just liked them. The Bank of Canada one is bigger than a large cent... almost as large as a silver dollar... sort of in between the two. The bearded dude who likes beer - that one is about the size of a U.S. modern quarter. Thanks for your help!
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  4. Conder101

    Conder101 Numismatist

    The second one is a Civil War token, a storecard type from a New York merchant. It was Lindenmullers refusal to redeem his tokens that have been taken in trade by the local railway that lead to the legislation outlawing the tokens..
     
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  5. C-B-D

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    Wow, neat! Is it very rare? Worth more than the $10 I paid?
     
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  6. Conder101

    Conder101 Numismatist

    No it's actually very common, Lidenmuller made a BUNCH of those tokens (hence why the railway got stuck with so many of them.) But it has the story behind it whch makes it interesting. $10 seems like a very fair price for that token.
     
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  7. cwtokenman

    cwtokenman Coin Hoarder

    The id number for your Civil War token is NY630AQ-4a, which has an R1 rarity (common) indicating that there are more than 5000 known to exist.
     
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