Copper 4 the Weekend

DCW · November 22, 2019 9:45PM

We havent had one of these in a while, so here is a late night Friday version:
1863 H.D. Gerdts/Money Makes the Mare Go F-630AD-2a PCGS MS65+RB

Here is one of the few coin dealers who issued his own tokens during the Civil War, H.D.Gerdts. The die sinker is William H. Bridgens who employed his Knickerbocker reverse die for use on this piece. (Also used was Bridgens' "The Washington Token" shown below)
1863 H.D.Gerdts/Washington Token F-NY630AD-1a PCGS MS65RB

Both of these babies came out of Q. David Bowers' lifelong collection of civil war tokens. The Gerdts pieces meant a lot to him. Perhaps it was the connection he felt with this particular NY merchant, a coin dealer by trade, and the path in life he chose for himself a century later.

Thanks for looking and let's see some copper, folks!

skier07 · November 22, 2019 10:09PM

CommemDude · November 23, 2019 4:16AM

bolivarshagnasty · November 23, 2019 5:50AM

ricko · November 23, 2019 6:54AM

One of my favorite weekly threads... well, semi weekly anyway And I always revisit these while they are active.
@skier07 ...When I see one of these dark '55 DDO's, I always wonder if that were one I had as a kid....they disappeared when I joined the Navy... I think Mom used them for groceries... Cheers, RickO