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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Loong Siew, post: 2767679, member: 75799&quot;]American Civil War - Abraham Lincoln Patriotic re-election token. Brass. 1864. 19mm 2.04g. Fuld 127/248B.</p><p><br /></p><p>R-4 (201 - 500 estimated in existence).</p><p><br /></p><p>Scarcer in Brass. XF/AU.</p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse: Abraham Lincoln surrounded by 13 stars of the union. Lifetime issuance as part of his presidential reelection campaign.</p><p>Reverse: OK</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;OK&quot; has 2 meanings here. One stands for the term that the country will be OK under Lincoln&#039;s leadership. The other stands for &quot;Ole Kinderhook&quot;, the nickname of Lincoln&#039;s political ally Martin van Buren, called after the town in New York state in which he was born.</p><p><br /></p><p>Civil war tokens were issued as currency substitutes due to large scale hoarding of coins as a result of economic uncertainty due to the war. This token whilst intended as a political propaganda item, was nonetheless exchanged as pseudo currency and was most commonly issued in copper and some in brass and other metals.[ATTACH=full]637622[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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