Welp, I guess I backed into making a new Pop 1/0 Wilbur Token
MEJ7070
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I’ve collected a handful of raw Hard Times and Civil War tokens over the years. Almost all have been purchased at my LCS, I think 1 or 2 elsewhere (shows).
Anyway, a few years back I purchased a nice, wholesome, original skinned Wilbur token that I’ve had in its 2x2 flip since purchase. I definitely knew what a Wilbur token was, and had wanted to add one to my collection, but didn’t want to go the eBay route for one of them since I wanted an original example and figured most available on eBay would be messed with in some way or another or priced beyond what I wanted to pay.
This summer I made my first submission of tokens to PCGS. I was just looking forward to having this thing holdered……I did not expect for the attribution to be the story.
Since the grades posted yesterday, I’ve read what I’ve been able to find on this particular Wilbur variety and apparently it’s an R7. I guess most Wilbur tokens are the SC-10 variety…….and here I thought a Wilbur token was a Wilbur token.
I’m enjoying the research, but would love to hear from any knowledgeable folks about this one.
Here is the first Wilbur “SC-5” variety graded by our hosts. XF 40.
Comments
There are 10+ die and metal varieties of the W.W. Wilbur token and most were struck with a low relief center due to the opposing pictorial devices. The Miller-5 and 5a are somewhat better varieties and are comparatively underrated in the Rulau catalog but are not rare.
If you are quoting the published presumptive scale where an R-7 is "7-15 known" then I think you will find that rarity rating is a bit high. Dr. Tony Chibbaro in his splendid catalog "Numismatics Of South Carolina lists the Miller-5 variety as a Rarity-5 on a 1-10 scale and I agree with Tony based on my experience handling quite a number of pieces over the years. You do have a decent example for the grade as fully struck pieces are rare to unknown.
Indeed I was! Definitely appreciate the information/correction.
Thank you very much for taking the time to post.
Nice coin @MEJ7070.
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