It is a Boy! Cash Addison Stephen Hayden was born 12:25PM December 24th, 2009 weighing 5 pounds 12 ounces
Last new tokens added: February 07, 2010
New items were added Saturday to Michigan, Missouri, New Hampshire, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Sutler Civil War Tokens.
Last updated for sold items: February 08, 2010
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Civil War Tokens - Groups Regular issue US coinage was hoarded during the Civil War restricting merchant's ability to make small change. Some merchants had tokens made to give out as change in their stores. If you ordered the least expensive tokens you would receive a combination of two existing dies, usually of a patriotic nature or similar to a US cent, these are called Patriotic Civil War Tokens. If you had more to spend you could have one or two dies custom made for you with information specific to your business (i.e. location, occupation, specialties, etc.) these are called Civil War Store Cards. |
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Store Cards 80 different. All from different merchants, from 32 different cities in 9 different states. All nice VF to AU averaging choice VF without any problem pieces with rarities ranging from R1 to R5. Includes such items as: Saloon, George Washington, Druggist, Die Sinker, Butcher, Sanitary Fair, Wine Bottle, Restaurant, College, Beer Mug to mention just a few. - $1,595.00 Similar to the above but 40 different merchants $775.00 Similar to the above but 20 different merchants $385.00 Similar to the above but 10 different merchants $195.00
Patriotics 110 different. All nice VF to Choice AU averaging nice EF without any problem pieces with rarities ranging from R1 to R4. Includes such items as: Capitol Building, Anti-Slavery, George Washington, McClellan, Horse, Flag of Our Union, Jackson, Franklin, Knickerbocker Currency, Shoot Him on the Spot, Must and Shall Be Preserved to mention just a few. - $2,345.00 Similar to the above but 70 different averaging VF+ $1,425.00 Similar to the above but 30 different averaging VF $575.00 Similar to the above but 10 different VF $190.00 |
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Steve Hayden PO Box 22514 Charleston, SC 29413 Phone/FAX (843) 973-4556
E-mail civilwartokens@aol.com to be notified of future updates.
WEB SITE TERMS:
Order by phone, fax, mail or e-mail. Send me your e-mail address if you would like to receive future price lists electronically. Please add $2.00 to orders under $50.00 for postage and handling, orders over $50.00 are sent free of charges charge to United States destinations. Fourteen day return privilege for any reason. All items are guaranteed genuine and as attributed. I am always interested in purchasing collections or single tokens. Send tokens for an offer or a listing for an estimate. I am also accepting consignments for future mail bid sales, write for terms. Send me your want lists.
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COMPOSITION OF CIVIL TOKENS:
Civil War tokens were manufactured in a
number of different metallic compositions as well as rubber. In the
cataloging of these tokens the composition is indicated by a lower case letter
at the end of the Fuld number. The following is a list of the codes used.
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a |
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Copper |
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b |
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Brass |
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c |
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Nickel (Has been removed from the latest book as actually German Silver) |
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d |
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Copper-Nickel |
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e |
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White Metal |
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f |
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Silver |
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g |
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Lead |
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h |
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Hard Rubber |
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i |
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Zinc (Has been removed from latest book as actually Tin Plated) |
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j |
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German Silver |
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k |
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Gilt |
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m |
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Tin (Usually plated brass, formerly listed as Zinc) |
CIVIL WAR PATRIOTIC vs. STORE CARDS:
Regular issue US coinage was hoarded during the Civil War restricting merchant's ability to make small change. Some merchants had tokens made to give out as change in their stores. If you ordered the least expensive tokens you would receive a combination of two existing dies, usually of a patriotic nature or similar to a US cent, these are called Patriotic Civil War Tokens. If you had more to spend you could have one or two dies custom made for you with information specific to your business (i.e. location, occupation, specialties, etc.) these are called Civil War Store Cards.
RARITY RATINGS:
The rarity scale for Civil War tokens is listed below.
Most collectors collect by town, merchant or die. Very few try to get one of
each die combination and metal composition. So value is determined more by supply and demand
than by individual rarity. Additionally, more than a few pieces have incorrect rarity ratings
(both over and under rated) in current references due to outdated information, hoards, mistakes or typo's.
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R1 |
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Very Common more than 5,000 estimated to exist |
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R2 |
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Common 2,000 to 4,999 estimated to exist |
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R3 |
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500 to 1,999 estimated to exist |
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R4 |
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200 to 499 estimated to exist |
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R5 |
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Scarce 75 to 199 estimated to exist |
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R6 |
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Very Scarce 20 to 74 estimated to exist |
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R7 |
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Rare 10 to 19 estimated to exist |
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R8 |
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Very Rare 5 to 9 estimated to exist |
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R9 |
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Extremely Rare 2 to 4 estimated to exist |
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R10 |
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Unique only one estimated to exist |
LINKS:
http://www.cwtsociety.com The site of the Civil War Token Society.
http://www.exonumia.com This site has an extensive link page to other exonumia web sites.
http://www.medalcollectors.org This is the site of the Medal Collectors of America and contains much useful information.