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<p>[QUOTE="longnine009, post: 4602724, member: 1886"]G. J. Pait, Mars Bluff S. Carolina 50c, aluminum, M/A, 2 grams, 31mm</p><p><br /></p><p>My interest in this particular token is the name of the town--Mars Bluff. Before there was Mars Bluff there was Marrs Bluff, situated on the Great Peedee River. Marrs Bluff is where the Gunship CSA Peedee was built. It launched in Jan. 1865 but was scuttled a month later to avoid capture by Sherman's forces.</p><p><br /></p><p>That was Marrs Bluff. Mars Bluff was 7 miles inland from the Peedee and where a railroad depot was built. Many businesses migrated from Marrs Bluff to Mars Bluff after the war.</p><p><br /></p><p>In 1958 Mars Bluff became famous when an Air Force B-47 accidentally dropped an atom bomb on them. Fortunately the war head was not attached to the bomb. However, the conventional explosives that would have detonated the warhead worked exceedingly well and left a crater that still exists today.</p><p><br /></p><p>To date G.J. Pait has not been identified. Tony Chibbaro believes it possible the tokens were meant for J.R. Pait, who operated a sawmill and general store and that the die sinker messed up the order.</p><p>Sources: Tony Chibbaro: Numismatics of South Carolina Trade Tokens and also Wiki.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1140051[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1140052[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="longnine009, post: 4602724, member: 1886"]G. J. Pait, Mars Bluff S. Carolina 50c, aluminum, M/A, 2 grams, 31mm My interest in this particular token is the name of the town--Mars Bluff. Before there was Mars Bluff there was Marrs Bluff, situated on the Great Peedee River. Marrs Bluff is where the Gunship CSA Peedee was built. It launched in Jan. 1865 but was scuttled a month later to avoid capture by Sherman's forces. That was Marrs Bluff. Mars Bluff was 7 miles inland from the Peedee and where a railroad depot was built. Many businesses migrated from Marrs Bluff to Mars Bluff after the war. In 1958 Mars Bluff became famous when an Air Force B-47 accidentally dropped an atom bomb on them. Fortunately the war head was not attached to the bomb. However, the conventional explosives that would have detonated the warhead worked exceedingly well and left a crater that still exists today. To date G.J. Pait has not been identified. Tony Chibbaro believes it possible the tokens were meant for J.R. Pait, who operated a sawmill and general store and that the die sinker messed up the order. Sources: Tony Chibbaro: Numismatics of South Carolina Trade Tokens and also Wiki. [ATTACH=full]1140051[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1140052[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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