1863 Army Navy Flag Civil War Token

[Diggin Dude]

Went for a 2 hour after work hunt at my new permission to clear my head after a hard stressful day at work. Some junk, bullet casings, shot gun shell butts, ox shoe, and then came what I thought was an Indian-head penny, VDI was more like a Lincoln penny on the DEUS, 87 instead of 83/84. So I looked at it twice then I noticed Army and Navy (not One Cent)... Cool I thought [emoji41]

Well it's a first for me finding a Civil War token, happy day, head still ain't clear but that will never happen LOL.

Happy Hunting!

 

[A2coins]

I'm not the only one who gets out after work same reason. That is an awesome find I think that would have cleared my head. Thanks for the post. My turn next

 

[Diggin Dude]

I'm not the only one who gets out after work same reason. That is an awesome find I think that would have cleared my head. Thanks for the post. My turn next

Thanks for your reply, detecting is a great relaxing hobby... It did clear my head tonight for a while and I'm excited . [emoji2]

 

[Terry Soloman]

Great Find!

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Great piece of American history, congratulations!

 

[Gridwalker306]

Congrats on a really great token, that thing is super cool

 

[Evolution]

Awesome CW token. Congrats! The only thing I can bet on when it comes to tokens is that if a token comes in two versions (one with a date and one without) I will always find the dateless version. Sweet that you got one with the date.

 

[park pirate]

Very nice CW token...

 

[trapperart]

Congrats on a nice token

 

[CoilyGirl]

Tokens are at the top of my list as great finds,yours is wonderful,especially since you can read the date.

 

[K1DDO1979]

Never seen one. Good job! [emoji106]

 

[Trezurehunter]

Great Civil War token.

 

[against the wind]

SWEEETTT!!!
Here's something I found on line.,,
THE OFFICIAL RED BOOK
A GUIDE BOOK OF CIVIL WAR TOKENS:
PATRIOTIC TOKEN
By Q. David Bowers
These small cent - sized tokens served as emergency "money " during the small change shortage of
1862 - 1865
Congrats

 

[birdman]

Very nice addition to any collection.

 

[Captain Caveman]

Congratz on an awesome token!

 

[Diggin Dude]

Awesome CW token. Congrats! The only thing I can bet on when it comes to tokens is that if a token comes in two versions (one with a date and one without) I will always find the dateless version. Sweet that you got one with the date.

Thank you for the information in your reply, I haven't had a chance to research yet looking forward to all the information I can get.

 

[Diggin Dude]

SWEEETTT!!!
Here's something I found on line.,,
THE OFFICIAL RED BOOK
A GUIDE BOOK OF CIVIL WAR TOKENS:
PATRIOTIC TOKEN
By Q. David Bowers
These small cent - sized tokens served as emergency "money " during the small change shortage of
1862 - 1865
Congrats

Kevin thank you so much for taking the time finding and posting information regarding the token. I was wondering why they were made. [emoji3]

 

[Davers]

Went for a 2 hour after work hunt at my new permission to clear my head after a hard stressful day at work. Some junk, bullet casings, shot gun shell butts, ox shoe, and then came what I thought was an Indian-head penny, VDI was more like a Lincoln penny on the DEUS, 87 instead of 83/84. So I looked at it twice then I noticed Army and Navy (not One Cent)... Cool I thought [emoji41]

Well it's a first for me finding a Civil War token, happy day, head still ain't clear but that will never happen LOL.

Happy Hunting!

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NICE!
I love those CW Tokens ,There are Sooooo, Many Different types.

 

[Diggin Dude]

NICE!
I love those CW Tokens ,There are Sooooo, Many Different types.

I was reading this from Wikipedia: " It is estimated that by 1864, there were 25,000,000 Civil War tokens (nearly all redeemable for one cent) in circulation, consisting of approximately 7,000–8,000 varieties."

Wow that's a lot of tokens and a lot of varieties!

 

[mangum]

Very cool Civil War token