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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ARguy, post: 543907, member: 16047&quot;]<b>Couple more thoughts</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Wanted to add a couple more thoughts/opinions...</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I tend to view CWTs as direct descendants of the hard times tokens, the Conder tokens before them, colonial era tokens before them, 17th century trade tokens before them, etc..&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>It&#039;s amazing how each variety reveals so much about the society and culture that produced it.&nbsp; If I were a history teacher, teaching a class about any of these periods, these coins and tokens would be an integral part of every lecture. There&#039;s just something about holding a tangible artifact from the past that beats the heck out of simply reading about it.&nbsp; Thanks, Mr. Moran, for starting this thread.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>This is a little off-topic, but my friend, HandsomeToad&#039;s comment about Lincoln&#039;s birthday reminded me of a recent news story about a long-lost Lincoln photograph being re-discovered.&nbsp; It may be the last photo of Lincoln, at least while he was living, ever taken. It&#039;s a pretty cool story. (See the link below.) </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2009/US/03/11/lincoln.photograph/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://edition.cnn.com/2009/US/03/11/lincoln.photograph/" rel="nofollow">http://edition.cnn.com/2009/US/03/11/lincoln.photograph/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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