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I have an 1863 civil war store card token. At first I thought I seen scratches on it but with further investigation with my loop it looks like it was minted over an 1862 Indian Head cent. With loop I see the full details of an 1862 Indian cent. Front and back. Almost every detail including a full liberty. Is this common? I thought they were made with blank planchets. Hope pics turn out good, its faint with naked eye. Any help or thoughts would be greatly appreciated.   |
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 to CCF. Please crop and rotate photos properly before posting,thanks. John1  |
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Coins are rotated to see other images in coin better.
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Rotate coins if you need to,but then rotate photos properly before posting. Thanks. John1 |
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to the CCF Here are cropped pics ....   It looks to me like you've snagged a rare CWT, struck atop an 1862 Indian cent. The planchet then is copper-nickel. IMHO, this is a $500+ token; this, if certified. It's well worth submitting it to NGC. I've owned a few, different overstikes; and, can speak from experience. A Michigan CWT collector would likely find this token most appealing. |
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Thank you. Sorry for the pics
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Thank you. Sorry for the pics No problem, Staugucoin .... This token is well worth a closer look! If you stick around on the CCF, you can, with a little practice, learn to use the "image optimizer" to enhance your pics. It sure helps. |
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Interesting. I wouldn't call it an error, since it was likely overstruck intentionally.
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That is very interesting, I did not know this was done, and it defeats the initial reason that the token were made. (shortage of Gov. issued copper)
I guess stores were jumping on the band-wagon of advertising.
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Interesting. I wouldn't call it an error, since it was likely overstruck intentionally. It's generally agreed that these overstrikes were made for collectors at the time. Undoubtedly, some were struck after the war ended. Most of these overstrike survivors tend to be in higher grades; this, as one would expect with pieces cherished by collectors. That said, I do occasionally see a lower grade specimen that appears to have circulated. In most cases, only a few specimens of any given overstrike issue exist, be they store cards or patriotics. This explains why mainstream collectors rarely, if ever, see these in the marketplace or at shows. They can periodically be found in exonumia auctions. Edited by ExoGuy
03/25/2019 12:23 pm
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