CheetahCats
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The CWT Book by Kanzinger doesn't spell out the compositions of the following varieties. Nor does Rulau's 3 or 4th editions. Can someone please fill in the blanks?
RI700E-2a -- Rev 1264, Copper, Plain edge, R2
RI700E-2b -- Rev 1264, Brass, Plain edge, R3
RI700E-2bp - Rev 1264, Silver-Plated Brass, Plain edge, R3
RI700E-2c -- ?
RI700E-2d -- Rev 1264, Nickel, Plain edge, R8
RI700E-2e -- ?
RI700E-2f -- ?
RI700E-2g -- ?
RI700E-2j -- Rev 1264, German Silver, Plain edge, R8
Thanks,
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The ability to reference and document our early tokens online in a matter of minutes never ceases to amaze me. In doing this, the tokens and medals are effectively framed in time, in history. Looks like another effective job of "framing" the token on your part, Cheetah.
Thanks Exo.
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The planchets used by Gay are to my experience the smallest in diameter and most thin of just about any CWT merchant. I have seen a few sutler tokens that rival it in that regard.
The 2bp specimen was average thickness IMO.
That said, below please find two additional specimens: the 2a and the 2b.
The 2b is quite thin, indeed! It reminds me of earlier French billon from the late 17th and early 18th centuries. (sou marques, deniers,etc.) So thin, in fact, that everyday commerce would probably bend them.
- Cheetah
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There are large cent collectors, some EARers I've encountered, who tend to collect by color. "Gay" rainbow in this display.
The 2b variety was likely among the later of these tokens struck. Its' lettering is mushy in comparison to the others; this, suggestive of worn dies. Oftentimes, the diesinkers of that era would rework/recut the dies to sharpen the strike. I'm nevertheless drawn to these primitive CWT's. While they lack the superior artistry of design that say a Lovett or a Merriam accomplished, these primitives do evoke a sense of history ... a call for necessity money in that era. This issue has to be among our nation's earliest "Good Fors." I can't help but wonder what went through the head of this unknown Rhode Island diesinker/engraver as he fashioned "Redeem.ed *" into the die? Could there be some hidden meaning within? Interesting to contemplate, this ...
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