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What's so cool about THIS civil war token?? (Answer)
Lakesammman
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Here's another great coin. Let me know if you can tell why it's so interesting. Closeups later.
"My friends who see my collection sometimes ask what something costs. I tell them and they are in awe at my stupidity." (Baccaruda, 12/03).I find it hard to believe that he (Trump) rushed to some hotel to meet girls of loose morals, although ours are undoubtedly the best in the world. (Putin 1/17) Gone but not forgotten. IGWT, Speedy, Bear, BigE, HokieFore, John Burns, Russ, TahoeDale, Dahlonega, Astrorat, Stewart Blay, Oldhoopster, Broadstruck, Ricko.
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Russ, NCNE
BTW, that Flyer pattern in your sig line is major eye candy...
Neat piece.
Kyle
Come to think of it, I guess my earlier guess about Gruber must be wrong, unless he also happened to be a druggist?
(Nope. That was "E.H. Gruber". I just checked online.)
Tom
WOW...that IS cool!
Struck over a Fleagle!
Is that a correct numismatic contraction of flying eagle??
It's struck over a 1858 small letter flying eagle cent. The 1863 overstrikes are common. Other dates are much rarer. A 1859 recently sold for nearly 2K at the Heritage auction in LB. A 1856 overstrike has never been found. The range of known dates is 1857 to 1864. Later dates are unknown as it would only prove that the coin was made after CWT's were outlawed.
(I have contributed nothing original to this discussion - all info. provided to me by books and/or Bret at EERC).
<< <i>That's lettering under the scale, the placement could be ONE CENT, and the denticles have a FE look to them. It couldn't be an 1856, could it? >>
Maybe you could get the collectors club quarterly free submission.
Live Long and Prospect.
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USAF veteran, 1986-1996 :: support our troops - the American way.
<< <i>(I have contributed nothing original to this discussion - all info. provided to me by books and/or Bret at EERC). >>
That's hogwash! You DID provide something original to the discussion - unless you stole the images and was told to pst it here. You sharing your knowledge with people is what's original about it. You present it in such a way as to make people think, make them take a close look at and appreciate some tokens that they otherwise may never see, especially in the grades you are sharing them in. Don't discount the importance of wat you are doing here. It may be all in fun for you, but you are breeding thought, and that breeds collectors. I have wanted to get into CWTs for a long time, but have been apprehensive because of finances and the fact that I am already armpits deep into another specialty....but what you are doing makes me all the more interested. I say kudos to you and a job extremely well done!
The Lincoln cent store:
http://www.lincolncent.com
My numismatic art work:
http://www.cdaughtrey.com
USAF veteran, 1986-1996 :: support our troops - the American way.
avoirdupois weights
16 drams = 1 ounce
16 ounces = 1 pound
7 pounds = 1 clove
14 pounds = 1 stone
28 pounds = 1 tod
112 pounds = 1 hundredweight
364 pounds = 1 sack
2240 pounds = 1 ton
2 stones = 1 quarter
4 quarters = 1 hundredweight
20 hundredweight = 1 ton
In your closeup I can see the faint outlines of the tailfeathers on the right side.