Civil War Era tokens sent in for grading
Gluggo
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Here are 3 tokens ect, that were sent in to PCGS for grading. Later I will post the True Views. I know there are collectors who like these so I thought I would share.
SBS 1861 Medal GW-476, J-CM-2 Bronze Oath of Allegiance
1863 Token F-37256 Copper Horrors of War, BN
Logansport Indiana Civil War Token Merchant R712
1864 Token F-128289 Brass Lincoln and Union 
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Very cool examples!
Yes! Keep us informed! That Washington Medal is awesome!!
Very nice assortment. Hope you post your truviews and grades upon receiving them. Thanks for sharing.
Jim
When a man who is honestly mistaken hears the truth, he will either quit being mistaken or cease to be honest....Abraham Lincoln
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I like them all, and look forward to the grading report. I really like the Logansport - spent a bit of time there. Not in 1865, mind you
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There was huge collector interest in anything with a Washington image on it when the Philadelphia Mint first issued that Oath of Allegiance medal in 1861. That was really the motivation for issuing it. It was a money maker for the mint.
I found that the 1864 Lincoln token at the bottom was hard to find without damage. A great many pieces have a big blotch of solder on the reverse. I think that a lot of these pieces were mounted on stick pins and worn as mourning pieces after his assassination.
I am listing some of the Grade I have gotten back from PCGS. I have the coins just opened them up today but have not taken any photo's of them.
AU50
VF35
XF45
and a 63
Seems like a William K. Lanphear piece. Anyone know his middle name? I've done some quick searches but nothing has come up yet.
Here's his Find A Grave page: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/186776857/william-k.-lanphear
If those grades are in the same order as op photos, they don't make any sense to me. Here is what I see.
Allegiance medal - MS-63 Brown
"Horrors of War / Public Accomodation" - AU-55
Cook Stove - EF-40
Lincoln Piece - VF-35
Here is an example of the Lincoln piece that I would net out at AU-50. This piece once had a silver wash on it, which now down to only traces. That killed the luster on this piece.
Thems spectacular Gluggo, look forward to hearing how graded!
Best, SH
Billy jones you are correct they are not in order. Here are the True Views,
Looks great, love the trueviews!
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Those are all very neat!
Very cool pieces... thanks for sharing.
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Glad you are having fun with civil war tokens. I love this stuff, personally
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Very cool!
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Very nice !!!
I've started to collect more Civil War Tokens and now just have to get them graded and TrueViewed
Very nice pieces... Although I am not a CWT collector, I do pick up pieces that interest me from time to time... and that Horrors of War piece would have went home with me....Cheers, RickO
Here are the PCGS photo's I just took this am. They seem to turn 90 deg the wrong direction takes a few time to get it right. Anybody else have this problems on photo's?
Last 2 very tricky getting them to the right position wants to come out 90 deg off. But I tricked it! at least I thought so.
Logansport Indiana Civil War Token Rare Spelling Error Very Scarce Merchant R71(wording from S Hayden)
1864 Token F-128289 Brass Lincoln and Union
Very nice. Thanks to all who posted the pics.
Cool... I've always liked the Horrors of War.
Below is one of the nicest I've found and the reverse nose is always struck flat.
Nice pieces Glen, you da man !!
Here is the same variety from my collection. This one of the pro-southern CWTs that are called "unpatriotics" or "copperheads." The "Blessing of Peace" reverse was a call for an end to the war with the South gaining its independence.
The Mint Oath of Allegiance medal was a 19th century "best seller." The 19th century mintages were as follows:
Gold 2
Silver 259
Copper 808
Aluminum 3
The silver and copper mintages were very high for the 19th century. Usually the silver mintages would be barely into the double digits and the copper mintages seldom exceeded 200. Of course more these were struck in the 20th century, but the finish was totally difference with the "yellow bronze" look.