Set Completed!
CWT1863
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At the recent Stack's Bowers auction, I was able to purchase the final piece for my small set of Seth E. Ward Sutler tokens from Fort Laramie! I already had the 25 cent and 50 cent denominations which are rarity-7 (11-20 known) and appear on the market occasionally. However, the 10 cent denomination is a rarity-9 (2-4 known) and this example is the first I know of that has appeared on the open market. It is graded XF-40 BN by NGC and while there is one known example that is AU, I am thrilled to be able to have an example in my collection and complete the set! I have been searching for this token for a couple years and even asked Steve Hayden to be on the look out for one. I was shocked when I noticed it a few months ago in the Stack's Bowers auction and knew I had to have it. 
Here are the other two in the set:
The three denominations reunited:
For those interested in the history behind this token, I wrote an article a few years ago about sutler tokens from frontier forts. I have posted the section on S.E. Ward on the Forum before and can be read here: https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/1026142/s-e-ward-sutler-tokens-fort-laramie-dakota-territory
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Way,way cool!
Congratulations on your set and winning the final piece. Cheers, RickO
Fantastic, congratulations!
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Nice!
Nice set! That is something you don't see everyday!
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A LOT more interesting than 1881-S Morgan Dollars!
Nice!
"rarity-9 (2-4 known)"
Wow! That's when you wonder if finishing will ever happen! I'm glad it did! Congrats and thanks for sharing them.
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Something to be proud of that’s for sure.
Congratulations my coin brother 👌👍
Congratulations
Imagine the stories if they could speak. American history in hand
Very cool
Congrats, what history there
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Good job!
Congrats. It's a good feeling
Congrats! Cool set.
Fort Laramie is just up the road from me.
Congrats on the set completion
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Very cool collection! I don't believe the ANS has any of them.
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Small but tough set, congrats!
Very nice! Read the article. The tokens were made around the 1850's?
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There were made around the Civil War time period (1861-1865). Possibly a few years before or after the war. Seth E. Ward became the sutler at Fort Laramie in 1857 and held that position until 1863. He was again sutler from 1865 to 1871 with his title changing in 1867 to Post Trader instead of Sutler. He issued the tokens while sutler so they were issued sometime between 1857 and 1867. The tokens are listed in the book on Civil War Sutler Tokens and Cardboard Scrip.
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Very unique and ultra cool.
Well done! 👏🏻
Dave
From the article, this is why I thought they were made earlier.
Ward formed a partnership with William Guerrier in 1848. Their firm, Ward and Guerrier, provided goods and supplies to the new influx of people moving westward to settle.
To add; Thank you.
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That is a wonderful accomplishment. A frontier set to be sure! Peace Roy
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congratulation !!!! awesome set of tokens
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I like the 10 cent the best of them all! Nice find!
Very sweet!
Nice set. Congrats.
Excellent!
Sutler tokens are a fascinating part of the hobby. I wish they were cheaper. Such history!
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Very nice. Congratulations.
Do you collect Sutler scrip, too? The paper or cardboard kind?
those are really interesting tokens and I enjoyed reading your article linked in the OP. Considering they were used on the frontier, the scarcity is understandable. Congratulations on completing the set. Ward's birthplace, Campbell Co. Va, is very familiar to me. It's close to Lynchburg, Appomattox, and my mother's home town.
I currently do not have any Sutler scrip but that is something I might get into in the future.
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I was trying to figure out what "DT" meant, thinking that Ft. Laramie was in Wyoming. But I see that it's Dakota Territory. Pretty darned cool. Congrats!
I knew it would happen.
Congrats @CWT1863 I have a couple CWT's from KY, my birth state.