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Great info cc
Here is my latest CWT acquisition......

Nice addition. Looks like that die was about kaput.

Here is a scarce one. I believe it is Fuld 104/521

@Worldnumis - love that Fuld 104/521!

The 104/521a is listed as an R-9. Only 2-4 of these are estimated to exist.

That means, the one on ebay and yours shown here represent at most, an estimated 50% of the specimen's population.

A grade of 'fine' is quite terrific

Below please find a Cincinnati & Covington Ferry Company token.

This particular specimen is neat because not only does it fit into the Civil War Token category, but also Transportation.

Cataloged as OH165W-1a by the Melvin and George Fuld, it also has the Atwood-Coffee catalog number of OH-166-A.

Listed as R-3 by Fuld, the specimen was used as a fare token for passenger ferry crossing between Cincinnati OH and Covington KY, on the Ohio River.

Despite being listed as only an R-3, I have seen a scant few of these tokens available over the last several years. I estimate it to be somewhere between VF and VF-25.



The company itself was in business for about 53 years; having been founded in 1814 around the time when Covington itself was chartered.



The service thrived until John Roebling designed a suspension bridge which connected the two towns. The bridge opened on December 1st 1866. Only four months later did the ferry line fold and shut down.

Thanks,

- Cheetah

@jeff - The only ferry transportation token that I know of is from Shippingport, and it was struck around 1953. PA860-A.

The closest transportation token otherwise comes from East Liverpool (OH), and it was for the E.L. & W Street Railway Company. OH270

Cheetah

Here are a couple more that I think fit in to this topic. They are not new purchases. I have had these for many years. Common as encased postage tokens go and not in the best shape but adequate enough for my modest collection of Civil War tokens.