Turtleman
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Folks,
I found this two weeks ago - what I think is a Civil War token since the style matches the main design in the Red Book - but am only posting it now due to computer problems. It was found in a park that someone told me was a fairgrounds in the mid to late 1800's. The park did not exist until the 20th century. Almost all the coins I have found in this section of the park have dated to the mid-1800's. The token has an Indian head, kind of like the IH coins, on the obverse. The reverse has writing around the edge of the surface but I cannot read it. As you can probably see, the token is pitted pretty badly. There does appear to be a horse on the reverse. It was found in northwest PA. Can anyone ID it? The Red Book says over 10,000 types of CW tokens have been identified to date. It might be like finding a needle in a haystack but I know there are many knowledgeable people here on T-Net. It would be cool to know it's ID even though the condition is poor.
Thanks for looking and for any help you can give.
T-man
I found this two weeks ago - what I think is a Civil War token since the style matches the main design in the Red Book - but am only posting it now due to computer problems. It was found in a park that someone told me was a fairgrounds in the mid to late 1800's. The park did not exist until the 20th century. Almost all the coins I have found in this section of the park have dated to the mid-1800's. The token has an Indian head, kind of like the IH coins, on the obverse. The reverse has writing around the edge of the surface but I cannot read it. As you can probably see, the token is pitted pretty badly. There does appear to be a horse on the reverse. It was found in northwest PA. Can anyone ID it? The Red Book says over 10,000 types of CW tokens have been identified to date. It might be like finding a needle in a haystack but I know there are many knowledgeable people here on T-Net. It would be cool to know it's ID even though the condition is poor.
Thanks for looking and for any help you can give.
T-man
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