The ‘Overstrike’ occurs when the token is struck on a non-standard planchet, such as: an Indian Head Cent, a US dime, or even another token. These are the ‘Overstrike’, the ‘Incuse’, and the ‘Double-strike’. But, there are a few which really stand out. Almost every token will have some type of “mint error”. Since these tokens were not made by the US Mint, quality of workmanship was not always the best. Tokens made of metals other than copper are significantly rarer. See the table below for material composition designators used in the die tables: This is currently the system also used by the Third Party Graders and will be used for Store Card identification throughout this website. The token is made of copper as indicated by the ending lowercase ‘a’. This number is follow by the material composition letter in lowercase.Įxample: NY 630K-1a would indicate the token was made in New York, City using die ‘K’ for the obverse and die 1 for the reverse. The reverse number is a sequential number indicating which reverse die was used for this obverse die.
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Finally, one or two letters of the alphabet follow the city code to indicate which die from this city was used for the obverse. This is followed by a two or three digit number indicating the city of origin for the token. The obverse number indicates the token’s state of origin by a two letter abbreviation like the postal system. The second system was developed by George and Melvin Fuld and separates the obverse and reverse dies as follows:
These are seldom used anymore and this website will steer clear of them. The original system was created by Hetrich & Guttag, or H&G Numbers. These token dies are designated by an older system which makes use of four different numbering systems: This becomes the number found on NGC and ANACS holders and allows you to search for a specific token. For copper, the letter ‘a’ is used by appending the Fuld designation: F-191/443a. The token is also made of copper. One or two letters are used to designate what metal is used for the token. This would result in a Fuld designation of F-191/443. Since two dies are used for each token, then two Fuld numbers must be used to identify a specific token.įor example, the following token is made up of dies: 191 and 443. These token dies are designated by Fuld numbers. The tables are presented in two formats to make attributing the tokens easier.
Go to Attributing Civil War Store Card Dies Civil War Token Tables The themes, inscriptions, and devices (pictures) are intriguing.Go to Attributing Civil War Patriotic Token Dies Go to eBay and do a search for Civil War Token. The only pattern I know about with 'Army and Navy' and the 'shall be preserved' slogan has no date.
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The inscription says in full 'The Federal Union - it must and shall be preserved'. There are nice collections at the UK Token Society, on AnythingAnywhere, and on flickr. Here you will find plenty of examples and very knowledgeable people. The web universe of CWTs centers at (where else?). Worn: $20 US dollars approximate catalog value
Very approximately, here are general values which apply across most CWTs: Fully uncirculated CWTs are very rare and can fetch several $100s of dollars. A dealer might buy it from you for about $10 to $20. For a coin in good shape, like the one in the picture, figure a retail value of $40 to $50 US dollars, sometimes twice those amounts depending upon rarity. Many different political and patriotic themes appear on CWTs. The government caught up eventually, and Civil War Tokens disappeared. Regular cents of the era were strongly hoarded, so private individuals started making small copper coins to meet the demands of commerce. Civil War Tokens appeared in the early 1860s because there was a severe shortage of US government-issued coins.
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