Three silver and two head scratchers

[PlzBSeated]

Wore a hole in my coil cover. Put a new one on today. Had to take it for a spin, so I took it to an old school yard I have been eyeballing for a while. Glad I did.



She's well worn, but the 1901-O is a semi-scarce date with a bit over 1.5 million minted.



Merc dime, also well worn.

The head scratchers...



That's not me being sloppy. That is how far mis-aligned the front of the token is with the back of the token. But they probably didn't care about alignment when producing the tokens.



The "head scratching" is that both this IHP and token are 1863. Well before the date of the school. Maybe a house stood on the lot before the school? But also odd, I did not find any IHPs or wheatbacks that were closer to the age of the school, which would have been early 1900s.



Today's finds...

1901-O Barber Quarter (semi-scarce)
1919 Mercury Dime
1863 Patriotic Token "Our Navy"
1863 Fatty Indian Head Penny
Sterling Silver Heart Pendant
Tiny Brass Buckle

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[E-Trac-Ohio]

Congrats on the excellent finds !

 

[Centsless Detecting]

The 1863 Our Navy token was to support the troops during the Civil War. I found one last year that said Our Army on the back. Definitely a bucket list find. Congratulations on the rest of your treasure as well.

 

[scruggs]

Very nice recoveries you made!

 

[UnderMiner]

1863 was the height of the US civil war coin shortage. Because paper money, especially in the south was inflationary, people hoarded "real money" which was the metal coins, or as they called it "specie". Before the 1864 Coinage Act signed by Lincoln, it was legal for private individuals to mint tokens, called "hard times tokens", war tokens, or patriotic tokens, these were often used in trade in leu of officially minted coins. You normally see them made of copper or bronze and used in place of pennies, but there were rarer examples made from silver to be used in place of half dimes and dimes. You have found the latter, a rare silver patriotic war token (I'm assuming its silver, and would love to know if they used 90% alloy or made it with a lower quality silver alloy to save on cost). Very neat and historic find!

 

[Silvermonkey]

Wore a hole in my coil cover. Put a new one on today. Had to take it for a spin, so I took it to an old school yard I have been eyeballing for a while. Glad I did.

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She's well worn, but the 1901-O is a semi-scarce date with a bit over 1.5 million minted.

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Merc dime, also well worn.

The head scratchers...

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That's not me being sloppy. That is how far mis-aligned the front of the token is with the back of the token. But they probably didn't care about alignment when producing the tokens.

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The "head scratching" is that both this IHP and token are 1863. Well before the date of the school. Maybe a house stood on the lot before the school? But also odd, I did not find any IHPs or wheatbacks that were closer to the age of the school, which would have been early 1900s.

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Today's finds...

1901-O Barber Quarter (semi-scarce)
1919 Mercury Dime
1863 Patriotic Token "Our Navy"
1863 Fatty Indian Head Penny
Sterling Silver Heart Pendant
Tiny Brass Buckle

PBS

That all adds up to a great day of detecting. That token is my favorite. Well done.

 

[Coinstar magnet]

Wore a hole in my coil cover. Put a new one on today. Had to take it for a spin, so I took it to an old school yard I have been eyeballing for a while. Glad I did.

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She's well worn, but the 1901-O is a semi-scarce date with a bit over 1.5 million minted.

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Merc dime, also well worn.

The head scratchers...

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That's not me being sloppy. That is how far mis-aligned the front of the token is with the back of the token. But they probably didn't care about alignment when producing the tokens.

View attachment 2252811View attachment 2252812

The "head scratching" is that both this IHP and token are 1863. Well before the date of the school. Maybe a house stood on the lot before the school? But also odd, I did not find any IHPs or wheatbacks that were closer to the age of the school, which would have been early 1900s.

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Today's finds...

1901-O Barber Quarter (semi-scarce)
1919 Mercury Dime
1863 Patriotic Token "Our Navy"
1863 Fatty Indian Head Penny
Sterling Silver Heart Pendant
Tiny Brass Buckle

PBS

Love your recoveries! The token is really cool...thanks for sharing. Great finds!

 

[Coinstar magnet]

1863 was the height of the US civil war coin shortage. Because paper money, especially in the south was inflationary, people hoarded "real money" which was the metal coins, or as they called it "specie". Before the 1864 Coinage Act signed by Lincoln, it was legal for private individuals to mint tokens, called "hard times tokens", war tokens, or patriotic tokens, these were often used in trade in leu of officially minted coins. You normally see them made of copper or bronze and used in place of pennies, but there were rarer examples made from silver to be used in place of half dimes and dimes. You have found the latter, a rare silver patriotic war token (I'm assuming its silver, and would love to know if they used 90% alloy or made it with a lower quality silver alloy to save on cost). Very neat and historic find!

Fascinating stuff!

 

[Trezurehunter]

Looks like it was a great outing PBS !

 

[jewelerguy]

love that token

 

[cudamark]

Nice key date quarter! If it was an S mint instead of an O mint, it would be a banner find!

 

[oldmxrat]

Outstanding recoveries, congrats!

 

[PlzBSeated]

1863 was the height of the US civil war coin shortage. Because paper money, especially in the south was inflationary, people hoarded "real money" which was the metal coins, or as they called it "specie". Before the 1864 Coinage Act signed by Lincoln, it was legal for private individuals to mint tokens, called "hard times tokens", war tokens, or patriotic tokens, these were often used in trade in leu of officially minted coins. You normally see them made of copper or bronze and used in place of pennies, but there were rarer examples made from silver to be used in place of half dimes and dimes. You have found the latter, a rare silver patriotic war token (I'm assuming its silver, and would love to know if they used 90% alloy or made it with a lower quality silver alloy to save on cost). Very neat and historic find!

Oh, no. The token is definitely copper. If it appears silver in the photo, that's just my poor photography skills.

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