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wispie New Member United States 3 Posts	Posted 03/24/2008 11:37 pm Hi everyone, I was given these 2 coins, well one I think is a token I think but I'm not sure, I have been unable to find anything that even closely resembles them any help would sure be appreciated. The Liberty head one is the one I think is the token it has some writing on it thats says "COMPOS SPIE___ OUZE I think, its worn and the hole blocks some of it too, the other side has General Washington. The other has a date of 1863 but no other writing that I can determine. Thanks for all your help Edited by Sap 03/26/2008 05:24 am Report this Post to the Staff

wispie New Member United States 3 Posts	Posted 03/25/2008 12:05 am ok so I'm new here and the pic didn't show up sorry. Here it is again thanks for your patience http://www.coincommunity.com/forum/...owncoins.jpg Report this Post to the Staff
CCya Valued Member United States 447 Posts	Posted 03/25/2008 02:31 am Welcome to the community. Look like ground finds. The washington looks like a game counters, but not the same reverse. http://www.coins.nd.edu/WashToken/W...50-59b2.html Can't help other then that Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16849 Posts	Posted 03/25/2008 04:45 am I believe the one on the right is a German-made "Washington" game counter, as in CCya's link. The other appears to be a "patriotic token" from the Civil War period. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Edited by Sap 03/25/2008 05:55 am Report this Post to the Staff
wispie New Member United States 3 Posts	Posted 03/25/2008 06:17 am Ok thanks for the help. They certainly are an interesting lot. Its nice to know there is a wonderful place like this to come and ask for some help and do research. Report this Post to the Staff
giorgio11 Valued Member United States 406 Posts	Posted 04/14/2008 5:25 pm SPIELMUNZE is German for "game coins" or "game counters/tokens" so anytime you see the word SPIEL it's a game piece of some kind. FYI. Report this Post to the Staff
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