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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 25491524, member: 101855&quot;]The why the Fulds, who wrote the classic CWT books began with 1861 for the tokens. They were outlawed for circulation in 1864. I suppose the Wealth of the South token was the quintessential metallic statement of the southern argument for secession. The for the four 1860 presidential candidates, which are too rare to have had an impact in the race, came along.</p><p><br /></p><p>At this point, I guess I should post examples of the Wealth of the South series. There tokens were first made in 1860, and there re-issued with many die pairings for years after that. </p><p><br /></p><p>The Wealth of the South token</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1631946[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Abraham Lincoln, Republican candidate</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1631948[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Stephen Douglas, regular Democratic Party candidate</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1631949[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>John Breckenridge, Southern Democrat candidate.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1631947[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>John Bell, Constitution and Union candidate - the moderate southerner who supported the continuation of slavery and the union. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1631950[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>None of these tokens are easy to find. There are around 200 varieties all told, when you count all of the dies and the pairing of dies, some of which make no sense.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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