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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cwtokenman, post: 50975, member: 2100&quot;]There are two F. Siegel dies, which were used with two Union Jack (shield) dies, as well as one additional die. Your description was good enough to determine the die pairing as 180/341. The year would be 1863, and as whoopig thought, it is a Civil War token. Before a determination of worth can be made, the metal used to make the token must be known. I will list the possibilities with id number first, rarity rating (known population), followed by the metal used, followed by 2002 (the most current published) values in the grades of F/VF, XF, and UNC.</p><p><br /></p><p>180/341a R1 (very common, over 5000 known), copper, 15, 20, 28</p><p>180/341b R8 (5-10 known), brass, n/a, n/a, 125</p><p>180/341d R9 (2-4 known), copper-nickel, n/a, n/a, 150</p><p>180/341do R8 struck over a US copper-nickel cent, n/a, n/a, 350</p><p>180/341e R8, nickel, n/a, n/a, 125</p><p>180/341f R9, silver, n/a, n/a, 600</p><p>180/341fo R9, struck over a US dime, n/a, n/a, 1700</p><p>180/341j R9, white metal, n/a, n/a, 125</p><p><br /></p><p>Let us know which one you have. If you need any assistance in determining the metal used, let me know (pics would be helpful). The man on the horse is the die sinker&#039;s uncle. The earlier of the two dies has the words &quot;Hero of Pea Ridge&quot; above the horseman. On many of these tokens, the lettering is very faint, but usually some letters are visible, in case you could not decipher what was supposed to be there. Later, that phrase was removed and replaced with a string of stars. I have some history around somewhere on this particular token if you would like to know more.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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