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Message:: [QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 26695811, member: 101855"]Here's a few political pieces which are always or almost always holed. These two pieces are listed with the Hard Times tokens. This is a rare one which is hard to find in any grade. See if you can figure out what kind of animal is guarding the safe. [ATTACH=full]1703487[/ATTACH] This is much more common. [ATTACH=full]1703488[/ATTACH] This political piece still has its ribbon. [ATTACH=full]1703489[/ATTACH] And here is one of "Temple of Freedom" varieties. DeWitt attributed this to the 1836 presidential campaign. It took me several years to find one of these pieces. [ATTACH=full]1703490[/ATTACH] All but two of these 1864 Lincoln tokens is holed. This is listed as a Civil War token. This piece was issued with a gold colored wash, which is faded on most pieces. This is the brightest one I have seen. [ATTACH=full]1703491[/ATTACH] This piece is made of a "composite material" sometimes called "lava." I have seen these pieces with a ribbon. This one was certified. [ATTACH=full]1703492[/ATTACH] Die sinker, Benjamin True, included a little circle in his designs which was intended to be a guide for the piece to be dilled so that it could be worn. Most pieces were made for collectors during the war and were not holed. Here are examples with and without the hole. This piece was probably struck in 1860 for use in the presidential campaign. [ATTACH=full]1703493[/ATTACH] Note the little circle at the top of the design. This piece was probably made for collectors during the war. Another token maker, John Stanton, acquired True's dies and mixed them together, to create many varieties, most all of them rare and expensive. This is a Stephen Douglas piece. [ATTACH=full]1703494[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]

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