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DOCC Pillar of the Community United States 1502 Posts	Posted 07/09/2024 10:22 am Nothing found searching tokencatalog. Best I've found is reference to a German Political Party from the 1860's. A lot of Custer County's in my area, one in Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska - so given found in MT I'll assume MT but could be regional. Reverse is blank but has denticles (?) I swing a metal detector and have a knack for finding dirty old coins. Dirt coin restoration projects - https://www.prodetecting.com/restorations Dirt coin restoration blog - https://www.prodetecting.com/blog/ccaw Dirt coin dig videos - https://www.youtube.com/@prodetecting Report this Post to the Staff

cointagous Pillar of the Community United States 1143 Posts	Posted 07/09/2024 5:24 pm Translates to German Progress Association. Here is one possibility as I cannot find an exact match for the name. http://www.sangres.com/history/germancolony.htm Report this Post to the Staff
DOCC Pillar of the Community United States 1502 Posts	Posted 07/09/2024 5:44 pm I read that one and likely the most direct relation given proximity. Found correlation with name before too - only thing missing is PARTEI but VEREIN can also mean union, club, or one might assume, party. The German Progress Party (German: Deutsche Fortschrittspartei, DFP) With the 1870's coinage (metal detecting) found mere yards away, I'll put the date on this in that period. This coincides with the political party being created in the 1860's. I'm drawing a blank on the purposes of the token outside of it being some kind of membership proof. I swing a metal detector and have a knack for finding dirty old coins. Dirt coin restoration projects - https://www.prodetecting.com/restorations Dirt coin restoration blog - https://www.prodetecting.com/blog/ccaw Dirt coin dig videos - https://www.youtube.com/@prodetecting Report this Post to the Staff
cointagous Pillar of the Community United States 1143 Posts	Posted 07/11/2024 9:40 pm There are so many tokens and medals with unknown origin. Wonder if there are local resources that you might be able to access such as newspapers or historical records? There is a silver deposit that was mined nearby so a hunch would be miner families of German decent trying to organize some form of party. Best of luck to you trying to find additional info. Edited by cointagous 07/11/2024 9:41 pm Report this Post to the Staff
DOCC Pillar of the Community United States 1502 Posts	Posted 07/12/2024 01:08 am Quote: Wonder if there are local resources Someone on a FB thread forwarded me an article that ties this group to the Yellowstone Montana area in 1877. Fairly good shape for a 150 year old dirt find. I swing a metal detector and have a knack for finding dirty old coins. Dirt coin restoration projects - https://www.prodetecting.com/restorations Dirt coin restoration blog - https://www.prodetecting.com/blog/ccaw Dirt coin dig videos - https://www.youtube.com/@prodetecting Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 187862 Posts	Posted 07/14/2024 12:17 pm Very interesting! Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
Dearborn Moderator United States 95200 Posts	Posted 07/14/2024 12:45 pm Any chance on getting an image of this that isn't so dark? (hard to see the details) Collecting since 1972. Learning from then on "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." - Benjamin Franklin 7070 type set coin count: 51/76 Uncirculated American Silver Eagles My American Silver Eagle Proof Collection Sacagawea Dollars Innovation Dollars Eisenhower-Dollars Kennedy-Half Dollars Washington-Quarters Roosevelt-Dimes Buffalo-Nickels 1938-2005 Jefferson-Nickels Lincoln-Cents Report this Post to the Staff
DOCC Pillar of the Community United States 1502 Posts	Posted 07/14/2024 1:06 pm Dearborn - round of VC in the works. I'll post new images soon. I swing a metal detector and have a knack for finding dirty old coins. Dirt coin restoration projects - https://www.prodetecting.com/restorations Dirt coin restoration blog - https://www.prodetecting.com/blog/ccaw Dirt coin dig videos - https://www.youtube.com/@prodetecting Report this Post to the Staff
DOCC Pillar of the Community United States 1502 Posts	Posted 07/15/2024 8:02 pm Out of VC - Obverse came out nice IMO I swing a metal detector and have a knack for finding dirty old coins. Dirt coin restoration projects - https://www.prodetecting.com/restorations Dirt coin restoration blog - https://www.prodetecting.com/blog/ccaw Dirt coin dig videos - https://www.youtube.com/@prodetecting Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 187862 Posts	Posted 07/16/2024 09:21 am Quote: Out of VC - Obverse came out nice IMO Looking good! Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
Dearborn Moderator United States 95200 Posts	Posted 07/16/2024 11:25 am Thanks! much better image! Collecting since 1972. Learning from then on "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." - Benjamin Franklin 7070 type set coin count: 51/76 Uncirculated American Silver Eagles My American Silver Eagle Proof Collection Sacagawea Dollars Innovation Dollars Eisenhower-Dollars Kennedy-Half Dollars Washington-Quarters Roosevelt-Dimes Buffalo-Nickels 1938-2005 Jefferson-Nickels Lincoln-Cents Report this Post to the Staff
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