I'm not asking because I don't know what it is,but because I'm curious to know how many of you do.It was used as money but is not officially a US Mint issue.It is one of the only "coins" of it's type that PCGS will slab.Although not considered a variety,many small cent collectors consider this to be an essential part of a complete collection I'll post a pic of the reverse after the first correct guess but it is a one cent piece.
A little history: Bavarian-born chemist Lewis Feuchtwanger minted one-cent tokens as substitute for official U.S. coinage during the "hard times" shortage of 1837-44. He created the tokens using his own invention of "argentan," commonly known as German silver — an amalgam of copper, nickel, zinc, tin and other trace metals. He unsuccessfully tried to convince the government to use his alloy for official coinage.
Looks like Mexican, what with the Eagle and the Snake, perhaps it's a "coin" minted for usage during conflicts with Mexico, or in what is now Texas or the Southwest when it was controlled by Mexico as a trade token? ~AJ
Hi All, The Feuchtwanger token is right! There were also three-cent tokens that freely circulated from 1836 through 1844. There are also three-cent pieces dated 1864 in this series. Have Fun, Bill
way to go Daggarjon and foundinrolls,you guys know your stuff..here is the reverse I couldn't show before,for obvious reasons.
I dunno about foundinrolls, but i just searched - I learned something new today!! On a side note Mikjo0, i got bored today, and i like what you had done with your avatar - so i made a new one for you
Or not.Unfortunately it's too large to use as an avatar unless you can reduce the file size.But i saved it anyway.
