Super quiet around here, yet we have 110 members now!
What do you guys think about spicing things up with some offerings for sale? I dont want the group to turn into the many MyCollect groups where it's dealers pushing their wares everyday, but maybe we could pick a day like Sundays to post available CWTs or want lists? What do you all think?

This is a bronze medal struck to commemorate the heroic action of George T. Robinson in thwarting the attack on Secretary of State William Seward. This was all a part of the larger conspiracy to assassinate President Lincoln, Vice President Johnson, and Seward. As he lay recovering from illness, Seward was attacked by one of John Wilkes Booth's conspirators, Lewis Powell, who had already stabbed his son. The medal depicts a dramatic knife fight. This sold at Stacks last month, unfortunately not to me.

D. Skidmore's Hotel, Seneca Falls, NY. This is one underrated Civil War token from New York! Wayyyy harder to find than the famous "Good for a Scent" and nearly as popular with the eagle holding a cigar on its beak. This is the plate coin to Fuld's Storecard book, and it's the reddest example I have ever seen of this variety. A blazer! From the Steve Tanenbaum Collection

This Marshall House token predates the Civil War by 2 years, but is wildly popular. Why? Not only does it use the French Liberty head motif that Robert Lovett, Jr designed for the infamous Confederate Cent, but the Marshall House was the scene of one of the first casualties of the War. On May 24, 1861, Colonel Elmer Ellsworth was killed at the Marshall House in Alexandria, Virginia while removing a Confederate flag there. He was the first Union officer to die in the War. This token would have been used at this establishment during those times.
This example was sold at Stacks recently for the astonishing price of $1320. It is graded PCGS MS63, the only uncirculated example I know of. But is it truly uncirculated?? It is weakly struck for sure, with typical softness on the 9 of the date.
But it seems to these eyes to be a nice AU 58., without the benefit of an in hand observation.

These two tokens came from my great grandfather, a Civil War veteran. He passed down a leather purse with many coins and tokens in it from 1893 through 1894. My dad gave them to me when I was a kid. Here are the two that Todd Pollock (BluCC Photos) just imaged for me.

Another highlight of the sale:
New York. 1863 Edward Schaaf. Fuld-630BK-1do. Rarity-7. Copper-Nickel. Plain Edge. Overstruck on an 1858 Large Letters Flying Eagle Cent.
NGC MS 62. Sold for $1560, a bargain for such a dramatic overstrike.

This Jefferson Davis "Death to Traitors" medalette went fairly cheap at $2520. DeWitt-C 1861-13.
Was graded NGC MS63. Id love to see it in hand. The NGC photos gave me pause.

Also from the Stacks highlight reel, here is a medal by John Adams Bolen for the Pioneer Baseball Club, certified AU58 by PCGS. These iconic medals are on fire, sold for $3,360. Not a civil war token, but very, very cool from the period just before the war.
This is thought to be the first depiction of baseball in medallic form.

Got a new Civil War Token today at a coin show in KC. A Knickerbocker cent.

this is the one I would have liked to bid on, if someone here won it; good for you, Great token!

Happy Easter to you all! May you all receive some interesting civil war tokens in your baskets

Continuing on with highlights from the Stacks Auction...
Here is one that went for half of what I expected. 1863 Edward Schulze. Fuld-630BO-2fo. Rarity-9. Silver. Reeded Edge. Overstruck on a Spanish colonial Portrait 1 real Sold for $2640. I was the underbidder because of a mishap with the Stacks app!

Getting awfully quiet around here, folks...Lets spotlight some of the highlights of the last exonumia sale! Start an individual thread for each token you'd like to shine a light on. You dont have to own it, this is just a discussion. Here is the J. Diehl, Undertaker CWT struck on an 1855 Seated Liberty Quarter. Super rare, 2 known

Lets see some of those Windycity auction wins. I did not participate as I received some concerning news at the doctors last week. Will be investing in medical tests instead of tokens for a while, out of the game but I'm still on the sidelines. Let's see what you got.

To keep the discussion going, here is another neat design from WK Lanphear of Cincinnati. His iconic sea monster die paired with a butcher's advertising. Not mine, but a photo from the Bowers Collection
Have a good morning!