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Message:: [QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 2572797, member: 10461"]United States: bronze Civil War token, "Our Little Monitor" type, 1863 <img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/USA-MonitorCWT-1863-016565-coin-800x500.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> (The truly wretched slab images were "borrowed" from the NGC cert page, until I get a chance to make another set.)<img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/USA-MonitorCWT-1863-016565-slab.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> Obverse: Monitor type ironclad warship sailing left over waves, US flag on stern, guns firing forward from turret.Reverse: Date within wreath (laurel sprig at left, oak at right), anchor above, crossed cannons and three cannonballs below. Fuld 237/423a. NGC MS65 BN, cert. #3184777-012. Ex-"friscomint1793" (eBay), 3/13/14. As a child, I built model kits of the epic Civil War adversaries USS Monitor and CSS Virginia (aka "Merrimack"). Numismatically, I wanted one of these "Monitor" tokens and in the spring of 2014 I had actually purchased a nice colorful one graded NGC MS63 BN, but the seller told me it had been stolen from their inventory at a show. I got a refund, of course, but was a bit disappointed. However, Collectors Universe member "Broadstruck", who has advised me on token matters before, pointed out this one. It is actually graded two points higher than the one I'd bought before, and with the Best Offer feature on eBay, I ended up getting it for significantly less than the previous MS63 I'd bought! Furthermore, I got it for less than half what it had sold for in the 2010 Stacks-Bowers Baltimore sale! So needless to say, I was very pleased, and owe Broadstruck a debt of gratitude. Miscellaneous links:<a href="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/USA-MonitorCWT-1863-016565-coin-v2.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/USA-MonitorCWT-1863-016565-coin-v2.jpg" rel="nofollow">Larger image</a><a href="http://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/3184777-012/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/3184777-012/" rel="nofollow">NGC cert verification page</a><a href="http://www.stacksbowers.com/archivedetail.aspx?productid=1310077&keywords=monitor%201863&intPage=0&ResultCount=10&sourcePage=archivesearchresults.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.stacksbowers.com/archivedetail.aspx?productid=1310077&keywords=monitor%201863&intPage=0&ResultCount=10&sourcePage=archivesearchresults.aspx" rel="nofollow">Stacks-Bowers auction archive</a> (2010 Baltimore Sale, Lot #21, realized $345.00) Wikipedia links:<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_War_token" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_War_token" rel="nofollow">Civil War token</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Monitor" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Monitor" rel="nofollow">USS Monitor</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hampton_Roads" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hampton_Roads" rel="nofollow">Battle of Hampton Road</a> When posted here, this coin was part of my <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/lord-marcovans-eclectic-box-of-20-collection.283541/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/lord-marcovans-eclectic-box-of-20-collection.283541/">"Eclectic Box of 20" collection</a>. [/QUOTE]

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