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Message:: [QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 8258690, member: 101855"]The vast majority of Civil War tokens were struck and issued in 1863. That one appears to be of that vintage. The 1861 pieces are few and far between. The 1862 pieces are the second most common, and the Union outlawed the use of the tokens in the first half of 1864. The Civil War collectors don't recognize any pieces from 1865 because that was after the laws that ended their use were passed. Here is something, with a similar obverse, which is dated 1864. [ATTACH=full]1456263[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1456264[/ATTACH] There weren't any really good die sinkers in the South. The most famous pro-southern tokens were the Wealth of the South pieces that were made in Cincinnati, Ohio and issued starting in 1860. That group of tokens is the only Civil War Tokens that have an 1860 date. Everything else is dated from 1861 to 4. Here is an original Wealth of the South token. This is a rare variety which was sold to southerners just before the war began. [ATTACH=full]1456265[/ATTACH] Wealth of the South tokens continued to be made and sold during the war, more for collectors. Here is an example. This one was probably sold circa 1863. The reverse is the same for all of them, but the obverse die broke and was replaced several times. [ATTACH=full]1456268[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]