Show us your Civil War and Store Card tokens!

I'm just shooting a guess here, but that last one looks like Fuld 36/340 to me.

Fuld lists the 36/340a as an R-2 (501-2000 known specimens)

Your specimen does not look to be a weak strike, and appears quite circulated.

If you haven't already, you're going to find that most folks don't like to respond to questions pertaining to value, or how much someone paid. Much of it is subjective.

The conundrum with people asking for pricing is that terms like "pricey" and "wasted" is all subjective. What's inexpensive for one person may be quite dear for another, and what someone may perceive as "wasted," another may perceive as a great find.

Also, with Patriotics and many CWTs, there aren't a good set of pricing. Kanzinger provided a "guide" in 2003 for CWTs, but IMO his prices aren't that particularly accurate either.

That said, given its rarity and wear, I personally wouldn't have paid more than $12 bucks "retail" for the specimen. (I hope this doesn't insult, as it was not my intention. You asked.)

Finally -- however it turns out for the pricing on this particular specimen, I think you're doing a great job building a CWT and Patriotic collection :)

And for infrequent instances where you might have a question but would be more comfortable asking via PM, CCF does offer that option, and I can receive them. :)

I can understand about value and price being subjective. It was a bit more than your estimate, but I will just consider that an education. I agree that my use of the term "wasted" wasn't a good choice. I will learn more about CWTs, and if I make purchases, I should be more educated.

Saw the great pics and the Elephantine in particular so I thought I would share as well. Hope I have the attributions done correctly.


Trade and Commerce F259-445
Nice color but looks flat in the pics.



PH J. Seiter's Market 630BQ-1B
Brass with a great luster





Straight's Elephantine 10F-1a
Decent XF with nice color. Great design.

Ping. Here are a few more to kickstart the thread...

Carl Haas - Coffee House
OH165BJ-12A
Fuld R-2


Carl Paeschke - Dry Goods
WI-510AE-4a
Fuld R-8


E.Aschermann & Co - Cigars & Tobacco
WI510A-1a
Fuld R-5

Thanks for the kind words Jeff.

There are a multitude of varieties for Carl Haas that employ the rabbit device. Not all were repunched.

@augold - beautiful token you have, and terrific variety too!

Below is the NY630BS-1a, a different variety of the Staudinger's than yours. Engraved by Roloff, this one is but only R-2, and is about mint state.



Thanks,

Cheetah

@AuGold - The R rating stands for rarity; rarity meaning how many are estimated to remain existing. George and Melvin Fuld developed a Rarity scale for Civil War Storecards, Patriotics, and Sutler tokens. There are a multitude of rarity scales, developed by different numismatists, based on numerous types of coin emissions. You can see a listing of the most popular rarity scales here, on my research website: http://www.novanumismatics.com/arti...rarities.php

As per the photography, I utilize a modified technique of axial lighting and glass when photographing my specimens. I go over this technique here: http://www.numissociety.com/showthr...budget+axial