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New Member
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My aunt doesn't remember where she found this coin but we live in Plaquemine, Louisiana. I have tried to find out info on this coin but nothing really solid. My assumptions based off of info I've seen tells me this coin is as old as the late 1800's or early 1900's. Can anyone tell me something about this coin? The first picture is what I assume to be the front and the second pic is the back side.   |
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Moderator
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I can't make out the words on the second picture, and I can only get part of those on the first picture. Can you give the pictures another try?  |
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New Member
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The front side says Good For 1.00 in trade Eliza Store
The back side says Lefebvre Transfer.....Can't make out all of it
I will try to get some better pictures but at 100kb it's hard to get much better and I am knew to this.
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Pillar of the Community
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With 'TRADE' in the centre it is clearly a shop token and not a coin - but some of those are valued by collectors as well. If you have a scanner, it is easy to get good images within 100k. Else upload the image to a hosting site and use the insert image tag on top of the entry/reply screen. |
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United States
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Thanks for the tips! I am at work and can not access image hosting websites so I will have to try that when I get off of work. I do not have the actual token with me so I can not scan it at the moment.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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First off it isn't a civil war artifact. The civil war store cards are all distinctive in design and appearance and mostly our of brass/bronze material. If it is made out of aluminum it is of a later era. More likely it is from a plantation store,cane mill store etc. There are only a few listing for your location or area one for a drug store, a plant store and what appears to be a general merchandise store. In that condition it would end up in the bargain, junk bins at the local coin stores .25ยข to $2.00
How about NON-Transferible as most store trade or good for tokens have that on them. Lawyer talk for good at stated location only, and not legal tender. The other thing is It might be Saint Eliza since nt are two letters that can be made out before Eliza. You might check around and with the local historical groups or plantation museums dealing with sugar cane.
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12/26/2014 06:29 am
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New Member
United States
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Yeah, this token most likely came well after the civil war. The little bit of info I can find does relate it to a sugarcane plantation. This is still very interesting to me as I've never seen or heard of anything like it. Not that fluent on history, lol. I really appreciate all the tips and input.
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Pillar of the Community
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Yeah, this token most likely came well after the civil war. Then why put it in the title of the post Quote:
Help Identify this Coin...Possible Civil War Artifact As it will not get any more interest in your question, and possibly put off somebody that may have had some knowledge from reading the posting. |
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United States
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Sorry Mr. Wise guy! When I initially posted this I thought that maybe it was. It was only after continuing to research that I found that this was likely just after the civil war. You make it sound as if I did that on purpose and that was not my intention at all.
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Pillar of the Community
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The point is and was people tend to check out what interests them in the titles of the postings.So some may not have bothered to look at yours.
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