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<p>[QUOTE="cwtokenman, post: 638303, member: 2100"]Apologies for the late reply, I was on a short term mission trip last week.</p><p><br /></p><p>That counterstamp makes it a Civil War token, id LA670A-1do. It is not listed in the 2nd edition of Fuld's store card reference, but it should be in the new book which is in the works (I did some proofreading work on it earlier this year). Kanzinger lists it in his 2002 Civil War Token Collector's Guide. It is an R8 token (5 - 10 known), New Orleans has a T9 town rating (there are no T10 towns), and this is the only variety of cwt for the entire state of Louisiana. I paid more than Kanzinger lists, but I wanted it and who knows if I would ever get a shot at another in my lifetime. I bought it a few years ago and have forgotten the exact price, but it was somewhere around $2500. Just goes to show that sometimes "damage" can greatly increase a coin's value.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="cwtokenman, post: 638303, member: 2100"]Apologies for the late reply, I was on a short term mission trip last week. That counterstamp makes it a Civil War token, id LA670A-1do. It is not listed in the 2nd edition of Fuld's store card reference, but it should be in the new book which is in the works (I did some proofreading work on it earlier this year). Kanzinger lists it in his 2002 Civil War Token Collector's Guide. It is an R8 token (5 - 10 known), New Orleans has a T9 town rating (there are no T10 towns), and this is the only variety of cwt for the entire state of Louisiana. I paid more than Kanzinger lists, but I wanted it and who knows if I would ever get a shot at another in my lifetime. I bought it a few years ago and have forgotten the exact price, but it was somewhere around $2500. Just goes to show that sometimes "damage" can greatly increase a coin's value.[/QUOTE]
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