Patriotic Order Sons Of America "Elongated" Draped Bust Large Cent

ksammut

Hi all! I'm having trouble locating information on this Patriotic Order Sons of America Large Cent token. I have found some information about the organization but nothing about stamped Large Cents, etc. Any help with its history and value would be greatly appreciated. I'm planning on keeping it in my collection as it's a pretty interesting piece. Thanks!

Pnies20

That’s awesome.

Maybe we need to bring these guys back.

ricko

I have no idea about history/value, but it sure is an interesting piece. Very nice. Cheers, RickO

thisistheshow

Thank you for sharing that amazing piece of history. I look forward to hearing from others who know more about it.

@Pnies20 said:
That’s awesome.

Maybe we need to bring these guys back.

😂😂 As you can see from my poor cropping, my phone is low battery. Now it is is 3% so I will have to post this now. 😂

CaptHenway

I leave this here without further comment.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriotic_Order_Sons_of_America

JBK

@CaptHenway said:
I leave this here without further comment.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriotic_Order_Sons_of_America

It seems their more recent mission statement is quite a bit different than that of earlier in the 20th century.

JBK

That piece is worthy of more study.

I had always understood that the first elongated coins were from the 1892 World's Columbian Exposition, but this one may predate that.

EXOJUNKIE

This elongated cent is catalogued in Martin & Dow as SOCsosa-1 and is rated a Rarity-4 on a 1-7 scale. It isn’t uncommon to encounter this elongated on Large Cents.

EXOJUNKIE

@ksammut, here’s my example — struck on an Indian Head cent. I think I like yours better! 🙂👍🏻

ksammut

Very nice @EXOJUNKIE !

Thanks for your thoughts everyone. It surely is a fascinating piece of US history