Are pop 1 civil war tokens worth a real premium now?
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It looks like NGC has registries for a lot of non-US mint produced coins.
On this civil war token which is pop. 1, how would you value it?
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Some of them are if they are rare and if they are in Choice Mint State.
I have an Indiana primitive "Milk Check" token which is fairly rare. Steve Hayden had one a few years in an NGC Mint State holder. He had it marked for a thousand dollars or so, which is far more than I paid for mine. The reason for the high price was because it was the top pop among the pieces that had been graded.
Here's my Milk Check Indiana primitive Civil War token. It's a nice EF, so it's out of the money. The patriotic die variety numbers are 474/475a. It's an R-7, 11 to 20 known.
Alot goes into the valuation of exonumia, and Civil War tokens are no exception. The most consideration goes to rarity and popularity- "supply and demand."
There are Civil War tokens that have pops of 5 that have sold for $20,000. There are also unique pieces that can be purchased for a few hundred dollars. It all depends on how many people are looking for one and how many are out there. Mint state, highly preserved specimens only amplify that equation.
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Pop 1 all census or just NGC? Ever see them raw?
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This one was the finest graded by NGC a couple years ago. This one has more red than most, but it's not impossible to find this Lincoln / Johnson variety with a little red.
Here's another one.