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And so my journey to "almost" complete (R1, R2 and some R3) a set of patriotic civil war tokens begins. Great detail with a tiny spot of old corrosion. F237/423a? Going to start with the monitor dies.   Edited by Wizardnyc
03/20/2020 09:31 am
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Nice,I like it. John1  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Very nice, haven't seen that one before!
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Always happy to see a collector add a pleasing CW Token like this to their holdings. It shows an appreciation for American history, the epic struggle.
Yes, it's a 237/423. Although this is a fairly common issue in copper; this, as CWT's go. The Monitor image, along with the endearing slogan, "Our Little Monitor." make it quite popular among collectors.
There are a number of Civil War era tokens that picture the Monitor, and these make for an interesting collection pursuit.
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03/20/2020 10:22 am
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Definitely some history there! Thanks for posting.
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My 7070 is almost complete and I needed something else to collect while waiting for a nice affordable Classic Head LC and Seated dollars. Then I stumbled on this CWT. Going to work on collecting all the monitor tokens, excluding the really rare ones. Fits nicely into my love of history and coinage. |
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Thx ExoGuy! Just purchased the CWT RedBook and Fulds CWT book. That is next on my list for reference books. Just purchased a 257/311 Admiral - Monitor Army Navy CWT. |
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Great to see a collector who buys books, Mr. Wizard. CWT's that boast pictorials are always popular, and they make for great exhibits. BTW, there are many common CW storecards from NY City that have great pictorials .... no Monitor pieces though.
The Civil War Token Society website is worth a good look-see.
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03/20/2020 4:49 pm
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Wizardnyc, That's a beautiful, high-grade, Civil War token to have as a start to a CWT collection.
As an avid Civil War token and store card collector (see my avatar), I can say that there are a lot of fascinating examples of repunched letters and dates, misspelling errors, die cracks, etc. to make them interesting.
I photograph all of my CWTs. Let me know if you'd like to see any.
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Classic Coins, it would great if you would post a photo of your favorite CWT and maybe what it means to you.
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03/20/2020 6:43 pm
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It's so hard to pick a favorite. One of my favorites is NY-10-F-1a; a store card from Straight's Elephantine Shoe Store in Albany, New York. I think it's really neat that Civil War store cards were struck not only to help make up for a shortage of circulating coins during the Civil War, but they also served as business cards. I also love the comical design on this one, with the elephant wearing boots.  |
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I love it! You have to love civil war tokens. There is a design for every taste: from classical to whimsical. I'm going to focus on the patriotic tokens, but I choose the right to stray at anytime. Do you have one with that pig?
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I have the one with the Thomas White pig if that's what you mean. Let me know if you want to see that one. If you do, I can post it tomorrow.
The SPOOT misspelling error (209/414) is another of my faves.
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My First Civil War Token... I like it ! Edited by Dorado
03/20/2020 8:43 pm
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