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Congrats on your 1st CWT purchase. Love the token!  I started collecting US type coins in the beginning, but have switched 100% to the CW tokens. There is soooo much interesting history behind them. Again, congrats! |
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Thanks everyone for the compliments! Amida, can I assume that "630BS-1a, R2, Reverse die 1375" is reference number? If so, can you please share the reference?
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Standard Catalog of U.S. Tokens 1700-1900. Rulau 4th ed.
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Amida thanks! Dave H, thanks for the link! Those tokens rock!  |
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Yes they do . Gives a person something to aspire towards. CheetahCats tokens are the BOMB! |
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Very cool, and something that kind of goes along with my interests in the Two Cent series. I have always been facinated by them, but have yet to own any. "Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440 |
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Wonderful pickup. Congrats!
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I've long admired Horter's work and wondered if this tree might be a representation of the famous Charter Oak. Thoughts on this, anyone?
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The Charter Oak was in Connecticut, wasn't it?
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Yes, Philadelphian, the Charter Oak was in Connecticut. It still could have been used on this token though. The Capitol building appears on some patriotics, yet the die sinker was not located in Washington, D.C. The Charter Oak as a symbol may perhaps have inspired Horter's creation of this die? Just a thought on my part.
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Here's some background of the Charter Oak... The Charter Oak was an unusually large white oak tree growing, from around the 12th or 13th century until it fell during a storm in 1856, on what the English colonists named Wyllys Hyll, in Hartford, Connecticut in the United States. According to tradition, Connecticut's Royal Charter of 1662 was hidden within the hollow of the tree to thwart its confiscation by the English governor-general. The oak became a symbol of American independence and is commemorated on the Connecticut State Quarter. It may be highly possible that Horter was from CT, or knew the historical significance of the tree and decided to put it on the token... |
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Cool background for this coin!  Thanks all! It would be neat to know for sure if the tree on the coin is the charter tree, but it still great as maybe!  |
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