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1860 Wealth of the South/ No Submission to the North token 511/516b PCGS MS64+ SOLD

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edited November 3, 2018 9:49PM in Buy, Sell, & Trade - U.S. Coins

1860 Wealth of the South/No Submission to the North Civil War token Patriotic 511/516b. PCGS MS64+ SOLD

A lovely near gem medalet struck in brass during the days leading up to the American Civil War and given the lofty grade of MS64+ by PCGS. (One of the few tokens or medals I remember seeing plus graded.) Looks even better in hand! Lustrous and nearly mark free, ex. Cindy Grellman/ Q. David Bowers Collection as noted on the holder. Most of these have been holed for suspension or suffered damage over the last century and a half. Here is an opportunity to add a high grade, beautiful example of an iconic piece of Americana that would be extremely difficult to improve upon. This type has always enjoyed popularity with even the most casual collector of exonumia, along with cross over appeal to mainstream collectors of US coins.
Description of the Weath of the South Tokens by JKAmericana:
"Among the most popular of the Civil War-era token issues, the Wealth of the South tokens were struck in 1860 just across the Ohio River from Cincinnati in Covington, Kentucky. Coined by John Stanton, one of the most prolific makers of Civil War tokens, the dies for the Wealth of the South series were produced by Benjamin True and featured "Rice, Tobacco, Sugar, and Cotton" (though slaves were omitted). Their audience was down South, of course, Mintages were apparently pretty small, and they remain elusive today. The obverse type with the palmetto and cannon seems to foreshadow the offensive on Fort Sumter, which took place at least four months after these dies were finished. For collectors of Civil War tokens or other medalets of the era, there are few numismatic items that focus so sharply on the Southern side of the conflict."

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