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!!
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.).
Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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.
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