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« Reply #10 on: January 30, 2010, 09:57:24 pm »
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raterry, Nice tokens, I'm guessing these were trade tokens sort of like cupons or bus tokens. Do you know the history on any of them?


In the Official Redbook of coin values, on pages 386 to 388, they discuss Civil War tokens. At the onset of the war, pennies were being hoarded, govt supply could not keep up, so stores and tradesmen started having these tokens made to be used in lieu of currency. Also there were patriotic theme tokens made, as in the case of the Wilson's 1 medal. I am still waiting on delivery of a book that covers tokens and store cards.

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« Reply #11 on: January 30, 2010, 10:20:06 pm »
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raterry, Cool, nice explanation. So these are Civil War relics. Excellent find.

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« Reply #12 on: March 21, 2010, 09:46:15 pm »
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Thanks for sharing! Seeing Finds like that gives me hope and makes me want to get out there!

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« Reply #13 on: March 22, 2010, 10:55:10 am »
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I'm glad the weather is finally warming up....I can hardly wait to get back out to add to the collection. Cheers to your finds !!

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