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Bedrock of the Community
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What you have is known as a "copperhead". During the Civil War in the north the Democrat party was split into the "war Democrats" and the Peace Democrats. The peace democrats did not believe in using military force against the south.amoung their positions were
The North was responsible for pushing the South into secession
The Republicans were committed to establishing racial equality, a prospect opposed by many working class immigrants who wanted to protect their low-paying jobs and by racists
Lincoln had become a tyrant and was bent upon destroying civil liberties
The war was a national tragedy and must be ended, even if that meant granting independence to the Confederacy.
Support for the peace democrats was strongest in the Midwest states especially IN, IL, and OH.
The name "Copperhead" was applied to this group by a disapproving Republican press, which likened the Democrats' actions to those of the venomous snake. The Peace Democrats tried to turn the name to their advantage by sporting on their lapels cut down copper pennies bearing the head of the goddess Liberty. Literally a "copper head".
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Valued Member
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I guess we wait on pictures some more...
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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 There's the obverse. Reverse coming in a few minutes. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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 There's the reverse. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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1964 penny for size comparison
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Appears simply to have been deliberately cut down a long time ago.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Was there not a more potentially damaging background you could have used to rest the coin on?  fresh out of sand paper and steel wool? Edited by Steele
11/17/2016 8:46 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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Was there not a more possible damaging background you could have used to rest the coin on? fresh out of sand paper and steel wool?  |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Simply an altered large cent. Might be fun to try to pass as a current cent, but no one would ever notice...
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Bedrock of the Community
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RoyCoinBoy - Just for fun, could you show us a pic of the edge, please.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Thanks for the pics.....pretty cool.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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@steele
The sun was going down and I needed a picture. Wasn't really thinking. Lol.
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Pillar of the Community
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I'll be sure to get the edge soon.
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Pillar of the Community
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Here's a period, newspaper article that is telling of the copperhead phenomenon. It seems that the original copperhead badges were fashioned from cut-out Liberty Head large cents. So as to avoid reprisal, many copperheads took to simply carrying the "shaved down" coppers as pocket pieces to show fellow sympathizers. Love the history! Quote:
Commercial Times - Oswego - May 21, 1864
RETURNED SOLDIERS PUNISH A COPPERHEAD -
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An exciting affair took place last evening at Shunpike, a small station on the Central road, a short distance west of Auburn. When the train containing the 26th regiment reached there, the station keeper made his appearance wearing a copperhead badge on his coat, in plain sight. This disloyal exhibition incensed the soldiers, and in less time than we are relating the occurrence, the odious emblem was torn off. The station keeper, allowing his zeal in a bad cause to out-do his discretion, got very mad, and starting for his house, declared that he would get his pistol and shoot his assailants. Upon this some two hundred of the soldiers surrounded the house, smashed in the windows and doors and nearly destroyed the structure. They would have severely handled the misguided copperhead himself, if he had not made haste to escape by a back door. The conductor of the train, upon hearing of the occurrence, hurried up the departure of the train. The copperheads will learn speedily that the soldiers look upon them as no better than rebels in arms, and woe be to them it they do not keep their unpatriotic feelings within due bounds. - Syracuse Journal Edited by ExoGuy
11/22/2016 06:34 am
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