Buying raw....some civil war storecards (PICS Added)

DNADave

I like buying coins in slabs as much as the next guy, but every now and then getting them raw is the way to go. Especially when they're still in holders from the 1960's. These will be put in new 2x2s due to the staples not being flat sinched On the back.
Now I need to get my copy of Fuld out.

These were not as nice as I had hoped. I think they were in less than ideal storage conditions. You can see in the group image, that one staples on each holder is fresh. The holders were reused back in the 70's by taking out one staple and putting these in. The other side of the holders have written what was once in them.
However, overall I'm happy with the lot. Here's just a few

1Mike1

Jackpot

DCW

Great group. I see some mint red remaining on a few. You may have some winners in that collection. Congrats!

Zoins

Buy raw is a treat and those flips have character.

For raw Civil War Tokens, it’s great seeing how many raw pieces Steve Hayden has every week.

ricko

Wow... that is quite a haul... show us some of the special one's when you get time. Cheers, RickO

DNADave

Here's the best one.....by far.
Fuld OH165Q-1b
I really need to find a recent sale price on this one. Kanziger has it at $2000.00 in the 2001 book.
I'll take smoe more pics after lunch.

DNADave

double post

DNADave

Monday

Gluggo

@DCW said:
Great group. I see some mint red remaining on a few. You may have some winners in that collection. Congrats!

DCW Can you talk about the " mint red " was that the finish during that time period or is that from time? TYIA and great pictures. I hope to share mine in 45 days. 15 being graded right now got a post somewhere here.

291fifth

Nice tokens but I don't see any reason to spend money on having them graded. Do many token collectors really care about slabs?

Meltdown

Super cool. Love the beer token!

DNADave

Monday> @291fifth said:

Nice tokens but I don't see any reason to spend money on having them graded. Do many token collectors really care about slabs?

For the most part, I agree. Anything less than about an R5 isn't really worth it IMO unless it's a very high grade. Some of these are R7-R9, which could be worth the cost since they do bring more when slabbed.

The beer token on the other hand, needs to be slabbed ($2K to $3K token...maybe). I don't know if PCGS would do it (I think they will), but NGC still has the market share on CWT's.

asheland

Those are cool!

Treashunt

GREAT pickups!

jonathanb

If the white-colored one is aluminum, it couldn't be a CWT.

BillJones

@291fifth said:
Nice tokens but I don't see any reason to spend money on having them graded. Do many token collectors really care about slabs?

I have learned that collectors do want them certified if the pieces are high grade and said to be "the finest known." I was looking at a leading dealer’s stock at a show, and was amazed at the prices for some of the better tokens in my collection. I asked him if they really were worth that kind of money, and he said, “yes,” but only if they certified, graded Mint State and first on the population report.

I'm not really in a selling mood, but at some of those prices my resolve would severely tested.

DCW

@Gluggo said:

@DCW said:
Great group. I see some mint red remaining on a few. You may have some winners in that collection. Congrats!

DCW Can you talk about the " mint red " was that the finish during that time period or is that from time? TYIA and great pictures. I hope to share mine in 45 days. 15 being graded right now got a post somewhere here.

"Mint red" simply refers to the original bright copper color of the coin or token from when it was struck. Take a 1981 cent for example. If it was brand new we would call it "red" even though it is technically more orange than red. But after about a year in circulation or other circumstances, it would time until reaching the brown color commonly found on wheat pennies.