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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 4531448, member: 101855&quot;]The Philadelphia Mint issued this small medal (31 mm) during the Civil War to celebrate the fact that the mint personnel had taken an oath of allegiance to the Union. The main motivation for issuing this piece was that any token or medal with Washington on it was a hot collectable at the time. The allegiance commemoration gave the mint an excuse to issue this piece, which sold fairly well, given at mintage of 808 pieces. The dies were made by Anthony Paquet.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1122313[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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