1783 GW Token back from NGC

danglen

This is a token I bought on eBay a couple of months ago from a guy in England. You could barely make out the images, but I had bought from him before and he was grading the token as XF. So I took a shot and sniped it. Just got it back and here are the results. (I'm still upset about my 1918/17 BN)

braddick

danglen, That's a sweet Token! I like that milk chocolate color (usually they're a bit darker).

Now, shouldn't that make up for the 18/17 mishap?

Ok, I suppose not. . .

lordmarcovan

Nicely done!

Of course, a British XF is roughly equivalent to an American AU. Standards on that side of the pond seem to be a lot tighter. (Not that there's any shortage of Brit sellers who heinously overgrade their stuff, too.)

Singapore

I like the coin, and I think the grade seems about right.

But since when does NGC grade these? Last I knew they didn't do colonials.

danglen

Singapore,

I submitted it at the FUN Show, but had to fill out a separate form as it was a token.

airplanenut

Great coin! I love it and will offer $5

danglen

Jeremy,

Wrong Forum!!!!

Gemini

Danglen here are some excerps from the introduction to this series by Robert A. Vlack from the Colonial Newsletter dated July 1978-

The Washington 1783 series of tokens were manufactured in England sometime during the mid-1800's possibly as early as 1820. The 1783 date is significant in that it marks the conclusion of the American Revolution and commemorates that historic event rather than indicating the year in which they were struck.
These specimens are considered the nucleus for the large numbers of "Washington" tokens, medals, storecards & etc. that followed this beginning; all specimens examined appear to have considerable wear indicating that they circulated to some extent.

This issue of the Colonial Newsletter also contains a nicely illustrated die flow chart for die varieties which number about 10 in all and range from R-1 46 or more to R-8 1 or 2 known.

Nice Token
Don-Gemini

Cam40

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