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<p>[QUOTE="StevenHarden, post: 3567001, member: 67639"]<font face="Times New Roman"><font size="5">Hello All.</font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="5">I have a Newport, Kentucky "Newport & Covington Bridge Company" token (CWT 640B). Russell Rulau's 4th edition of "Standard Catalog of United States Tokens 1700-1900" (2004) gives this a rarity of R7. Other online sources give a rarity of R8. In all cases I have seen, these are all listed as having a REEDED edge. The difference in the piece that I have is that is has a PLAIN edge.</font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="5">My question is whether this is a variation from the "regular" reeded edge token, or if there is a plain edge token known. Also, I suppose there is a case where this could be a counterfeit, but everything seems to be alright with it. Any help on identifying this as an already-known variety, or verifying the authenticity of this piece would be greatly appreciated. Also, Russell Rulau's book lists CWT# 640B-3a as having no value in VG, VF, and Unc, but shows "RARE" in the EF column. Any information on a value, along with any guesses on how this might grade, would help.</font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="5">OBVERSE[ATTACH=full]949175[/ATTACH] </font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="5">REVERSE</font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="5">[ATTACH=full]949176[/ATTACH] </font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="5">SIDE-VIEW #1[ATTACH=full]949177[/ATTACH] SIDE-VIEW #2</font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="5">[ATTACH=full]949178[/ATTACH] </font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="5">SIDE-VIEW #3</font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="5">[ATTACH=full]949179[/ATTACH] </font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="5">THANK YOU.</font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="StevenHarden, post: 3567001, member: 67639"][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=5]Hello All. I have a Newport, Kentucky "Newport & Covington Bridge Company" token (CWT 640B). Russell Rulau's 4th edition of "Standard Catalog of United States Tokens 1700-1900" (2004) gives this a rarity of R7. Other online sources give a rarity of R8. In all cases I have seen, these are all listed as having a REEDED edge. The difference in the piece that I have is that is has a PLAIN edge. My question is whether this is a variation from the "regular" reeded edge token, or if there is a plain edge token known. Also, I suppose there is a case where this could be a counterfeit, but everything seems to be alright with it. Any help on identifying this as an already-known variety, or verifying the authenticity of this piece would be greatly appreciated. Also, Russell Rulau's book lists CWT# 640B-3a as having no value in VG, VF, and Unc, but shows "RARE" in the EF column. Any information on a value, along with any guesses on how this might grade, would help. OBVERSE[ATTACH=full]949175[/ATTACH] REVERSE [ATTACH=full]949176[/ATTACH] SIDE-VIEW #1[ATTACH=full]949177[/ATTACH] SIDE-VIEW #2 [ATTACH=full]949178[/ATTACH] SIDE-VIEW #3 [ATTACH=full]949179[/ATTACH] THANK YOU.[/SIZE][/FONT][/QUOTE]
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