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1863 Our Navy Cwt - Die Break Or?

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(Still a newer Coin collector here!)

I went to a crazy yard sale (Estate sale) and grabbed a bunch of sandwich sized bags of coins. I struck it "Rich" on some and lost out on a lot.

On this coin - are the lines on the obverse just a die break or some sort of air bubbles when it was being minted?

As I have no idea about Civil War tokens - Is this a specific version? Reason why I'm asking is that 90% plus of Similar coins have the bust facing east versus this one facing West. Lot of questions and I really appreciate you guys for helping/educating me. Thank you all in advance!!


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Looks like a common CWT with environmental damage, others will hopefully indentify it for you.
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Different token. Same reverse die
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This appears to be Fuld 18/337. There is a picture of this token with a very similar die crack in Patriotic Civil War Tokens 1861 - 1865, 6th Ed., Susan Trask (Ed.).
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Thank you @Hondo!!!
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This common variety typically evidenced that die crack.

This is one of hundreds of patriotic style tokens that were issued with a wide variety of mixed obverse and reverse dies; and, issued in a variety of metals, as well. The other general category of CW tokens was store cards that advertised specific businesses and/or products.

Here's a link to the Civil War Token Society - https://cwtsociety.com/
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