Where is the best palce to send a CWT with errors to be certified???

Hello,
I have a nice Civil War Token with multiple errors and I was wanting to get it certified. Where is the best place to send one to be certified. The token looks much better than the pics.
Thanks,
fastfun1111

 

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I'd probably suggest sending "cwtokenman" a PM.
He may be able to identify that die pair. (free of charge)

I find that most knowledgable token collectors don't find "certification" necessary.

 

Looks like the dies clashed so badly that the obverse one shattered.

 

So far the certification craze hasn't taken hold in the token world, and people aren't paying huge premiums for small differences in condition. This makes it a pretty nice niche in the collecting world -- for now.

 

Your token is id NY 630M-6ao, with the 1061 reverse (Indian head side). Rarity rating is R3 (500-2000 known), which is still considered rather common. Without the clash marks it would be id NY 630M-2a and rated at R6 (20-75 known).

If you really want it certified, NGC is almost the only player in town, but I have recently seen a single cwt slab by some other company as well, I believe it was SEGS. I would strongly discourage you from submitting this token, although I do not know your motive. Slabbing costs, with postage and insurance, could be a rather high percentage, if not exceeding, the value of this token. As stated prior, slabs are not received warmly by most exonumia collectors.

BTW, nice token, and that is one of my favorite cwts. I have around a dozen and half of those, including 3 different off-metals ones. One is double clipped in addition to the other "problems". I have noticed, although none of my references make any note of it, that there are "double clashed" versions of this token as well, where the second clashing had a very slight shift from the first clash. About 1/4 of mine are of the "double clashed" variety. Your pic shows some doubled areas, but the second line could be from the depth of the impression. The spacing visible between the doubled lines is about right, although I was thinking slightly closer together if anything. Look at it under magnification to know for sure.