The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. These coins allowed trade to continue on the battlefield, and having content and supplied soldiers could have meant the difference in either winning or loosing the war. I have no interest in most of them because they were mostly made for collectors back in the day, and not for general circulation. Beyond that, each token has an interesting story to tell. Copyright Stacks-Bowers Numismatics, LLC 2016. A modest budget goes a long way. This went higher based on how rare they were. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cwexonumia/ PSE | I'd have to really, really have a change of heart to pay even that for one. Found insidepassed naval and military authorizations and spending bills that were very . The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. Merchants, businessmen, and entrepreneurs who were unable to make transactions because of the paucity of coins turned to minting Civil War Tokens. An iconic Civil War tokenwith an amazing error! As coins started to disappear in the camps, Sutlers began minting tokens, which they used to fill the gap created by coin shortages. Wade and Co. Museums,InstitutionsandLearnedSocieties, Brian's Rare Coin Market Report and Outlook. Of the three types of Civil War tokens, sutler tokens are by far the rarest. Below is a list of the top ten most expensive wars. Co 1863 CIVIL WAR TOKEN F-174/272 a 1st IN WAR, 1st IN PEACE, (1861-65) Token F-51/334a Copper Our Army MS63BN PCGS, (1861-65) Token F-51/334a Copper Our Army MS65RD NGC, (1861-65) Token F-51/334a Copper Our Army MS66RD NGC, 1863 Token F-209/414a Copper The Flag of Our Union MS63BN PCGS, (1861-65) Token F-214/416a Copper The Flag of Our Union MS65BN NGC, No Date Token F-225A/327a Shall be Preserved NGC Details, No Date Token F-225A/327a Shall be Preserved MS65BN NGC, (1861-65) Token F-231/352Aa Copper Our Country MS66BN NGC, 1863 Token F-236/426a Copper Liberty-Union MS64BN NGC, 1863 Token F-237/423a Copper Our Little Monitor MS64BN NGC, 1863 Token F-237/423 Copper Our Little Monitor MS62RB NGC, 1864 Token F-241/336e White Metal Our Navy MS63 NGC, (1861-65) Token F-248/432a Copper No Compromise w/Traitors MS64BN NGC, 1863 Token F-254/255a Copper Money Makes the Mare Go MS64BN NGC, 1863 Token F-256/433a Copper Horrors of War MS64BN PCGS, 1861 Token F-147/227 Silvered Brass I Am Ready MS62 PCGS, 1863 Token F-174/272a Copper First In War, First In Peace MS63BN NGC, 1863 Token F-174/272a Copper First In War, First In Peace MS65BN NGC. Nine ment they made2 to 4 and 10 ment ony 1. (both over and under rated) in current references due to outdated information, hoards, mistakes or typo's. [2][8], Civil War Tokens - Store Cards (broken link as of December 2013), High resolution photographs of Civil War Token types, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Civil_War_token&oldid=1080023813, This page was last edited on 29 March 2022, at 22:17. I am looking forward to your next post. And I don't think that's all of them. Review the total Civil War Tokens (1863 - 1864) PCGS graded coin population, including varieties, and shop results from dealers and eBay. We are pleased . Lincoln Civil War Token sells for $6,000 Moon Money! The second category was that of store cards, which on the obverse had an advertisement for a business, product or service, and on the reverse a design such as a Liberty head, Indian head, eagle or something else. listed as Zinc). Among the best-known varieties of patriotic tokens are the so-called "Dix tokens." cataloging of these tokens the composition is indicated by a lower case letter