Help Identifying This Coin?

1863 Geo. Washington - New York Civil War Token. Value is probably around $40 or so. But a cool coin and nice find!

I'm amazed at how many high end ones are still out there. They were well used in commerce with the shortage of small denomination coinage during the war of northern aggression ... and there are a ton of them that are well worn. I got 2 that halfway resemble Indian Head cents in a small lot of Indians on ebay 10 yrs or so ago, and they're not red, but both are uncirculated. The OPs token looks to have circulated very little if any.

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Civil war tokens are a great collecting field. Thousands of types and varieties, many of which are $25-40 even in EF or better grade.

The Coinage Act of 1864 likely played a large part in the general withdrawal of tokens from circulation. Then too, as hoarded coins resurfaced and new coins increasingly flowed from the mint, folks probably tended to save the tokens, many of which bore patriotic reminders of the war, in drawers. In the overall scheme of things, it's important to recognize that these were tokens, coin substitutes, not coins.

If memory serves me correct, the OP's token bears Fulds' patriotic designation of 110/442, with the dated side being die #110. It's one of the most common pairings seen, and I'd say the current market value is about $20-25.

For the sake of comparison, here are pics of a less common storcard that I just bought for about $24. It might slab as MS. Note the strong die break, strung between the stars. The Civil War token series boasts a great many errors.




Anyone liking this series, containing over 10,000 varieties of tokens should google the "Civil War Token Society" and explore that website. I've been a member, going on forty years now. Great series and great folks collecting these historic pieces of Americana.