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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 7766299, member: 101855&quot;]Here are the three metal varieties of the Philadelphia Sanitary Fair tokens. The sanitary fairs were fundraisers that were held to buy cleaning and medical supplies for the Union troops in the field. </p><p><br /></p><p>The 1864 Philadelphia fair was one of the largest. The Philadelphia Mint pulled a coin press on the floor of the exposition and struck these tokens there. The copper pieces sold for 10 cents and the silver pieces sold for half a dollar. The gold plated pieces were for VIPs and are fairly scarce. </p><p><br /></p><p>Copper</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1331614[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Coin silver</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1331615[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Gold plated</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1331616[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>There are sub-varieties of these pieces with different placement of the lettering on the reverse.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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