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Daniel J. Goevert Valued Member United States 157 Posts	Posted 08/02/2005 9:43 pm One of my website visitors sent me these photos. I told her that this looks like a token from the Civil War. I'm sure there are Coin Community Forum members out there who are experts on this topic. Does anyone have information to offer? Anything you can tell us would be appreciated. Report this Post to the Staff

cladking Pillar of the Community United States 2272 Posts	Posted 08/02/2005 10:02 pm Unless it's a counterfeit I believe so. Time don't fly, it bounds and leaps. Report this Post to the Staff
crystalk64 Pillar Of The Community 3147 Posts	Posted 08/02/2005 10:33 pm There were a LOT of business made their own money (tokens) during the civil war due to a huge shortage of coinage. There are quite a number of tokens still out there but MANY are quite rare, say less than 200 known and quite a few are far less than that. The token you are showing is one I have never seen before so I would take the time to do a little research into that token. Never know, may be what the pros would call, UNIQUE, which goes beyond rare! Thanks for the opportunity to see the token and lets us all know if you locate any more info! Report this Post to the Staff
Susanlynn9 Forum Mom United States 5877 Posts	Posted 08/02/2005 10:40 pm It looks like a Patriotic CWT-274 which has a rarity rating of 6, meaning that 13-30 specimens survive. In my opinion, yours grades EF details with corrosion which would net grade at VF. The value shown in the 4th edition Rulau book is $125. Report this Post to the Staff
Daniel J. Goevert Valued Member United States 157 Posts	Posted 08/02/2005 11:36 pm Thanks to everyone who has chimed in. Susan, can you explain a little more what Patriotic CWT-274 indicates? Is this some sort of catalog number, or a classification of some kind, or what? Report this Post to the Staff
Susanlynn9 Forum Mom United States 5877 Posts	Posted 08/02/2005 11:43 pm CWT is Civil War Token. 274 is the Patriotic die number. I got this information from the Krause publication Standard Catalog of United States Tokens 1700-1900 4th Edition by Russell Rulau. While I have this book and can research items, US tokens are not a specialty of mine, so this is the extent of my knowledge. Wish I could help more. Report this Post to the Staff
robocp Valued Member United States 146 Posts	Posted 08/22/2005 01:20 am yes it is. pretty nice one in fact Report this Post to the Staff
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