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Need Help Please! 1876 Token

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I'm looking for any info anyone can offer on this token and opinions on grade are welcome also. Thanks!


Need-Help-Please!-1876-Token

Need-Help-Please!-1876-Token

Need-Help-Please!-1876-Token

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Yay! A Philadelphia token! Specifically a souvenir struck during the Centennial Exposition held here in 1876. Many grand buildings still standing in Fairmount Park were built for this great celebration of our nation's first century. Your token also seems to feature something you don't see very often: the side view of Independence Hall! I'll drop by 5th and Chestnut St on the way to work tomorrow, though, just to be sure!
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Awesome, thank you for the info. I'm jealous you live so close to national history. Would you happen to know the mintage of these?
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Neat medal. I do not think it was an "official" strike. Likely, since it was "struck within the International Exhibition" it was a souvenir that each person would have been able to make on their own.I am sure no mintage numbers were kept Here is some good info on the expo and its official medals....

http://www.so-calleddollars.com/Eve...tennial.html
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Very cool link. Thank you. Sort of like elongated cent machines you think?
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No. Probably an actual press that they ran on demand....a little conjecture on my part.
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This is a U.S. Mint made souvenir. Listed in Rulau 4th ed."United States Tokens"
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