First, I must say this. I am brand new to Numista and in my 60 + years of collecting, I didn't know this site existed! What a wonderful find for ANY collector, especilly me!
I was just given a grouping of U.S. Civil War tokens to research and I found the most wonderful resource right here on Numista. Anyway, I have identified the token as 209 Obverse and 414 reverse but there are 2 differenr materials listed; "a" (copper) or "ao". What is "ao"? This token is a lustrous yellowish color with considerable, lustrous red as well. I don't think it is copper but I could very well be wrong.
Thanks very much!!
im also not aware of ao for a metal composition name.
quite a few US Tokens of that time exist in Brass or gilded copper.
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This photo is the catalog listing of the token you mentioned. The ao is mentioned to be with a token that is R10 ( unique). The ao could be a misprint maybe.
Thank you all for the valuable information regarding the Civil war token. I now have some very interesting information to pass on to it's owner. I'm still not quite sure what the "AO" stands for in the guide, but this token has fascinated me sfficiently to hit the bank and take my small collection of them out to stat the "identification process". Great fun.
Thanks, all. Numista, you're a great site!! In time, I hope to figure out how to post pictures and become more involved.
I do remember seeing something about New York in the "ao" listed piece. Guess I'll have to take a second look to see if I can spot any evidence of an overstrike. I have to ask, what's the chance of the owner having an R-10 Civil War Token in her large "accumulation" of coins passed down by her grandfather???!!!
I'm going to have to investigate a "digital microscope" because I am really getting back into MY coin collecting. I may post on the subject asking for guidance. My little hand held magnifying glass just doesn't cut it anymore...and the 72 year old eyeballs don't help much either.
Quote: "Alglass71" I have to ask, what's the chance of the owner having an R-10 Civil War Token in her large "accumulation" of coins passed down by her grandfather???!!!
In the Web site I attached above, he gives a Special Thanks to Steve Hayden. This gentleman has a thriving token (CWT, Hard Times, etc.) business on eBay and may be a valuable resource to you in the future.
What I most like is that all his items are Auctions starting at $0.99 USD with NO Buy-It-Now crap. I'm trying to get one of each type of CWT and unfortunately for me, often being the lone Canadian, I'm up against a lot of competition.
It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure, that just ain't so. Mark Twain
Though I am new here, I am so excited to have discovered Numista and having so much terrific help from so many knowledgable people. All of the comments and suggestions, the Civil War Token Guide, information on digital microscopes...and so on, are very much appreciated.
This has reawakened my somewhat dormant interest in coins and as time permits, I hope to be a visitor and participant here. Though I am retired, I am a volunteer member of the Board of Directors of our Condominium Association and sometimes, I have very little time for "fun things". I know where to go now when I am looking for a great group of kind people/collectors. (Also, somewhere, I have about 20 of my own Civil War Tokens and I'll be wanting to learn more about them.)
I think I speak for everyone when I say, you're welcome and I (we) look forward to you updating the catalog with all the tokens you work on that aren't currently there.
I first posted here in March (newbie) regarding a Civil War Token that I was trying to learn about for its owner. (Shoot him on the SPOOT). Kind people here shared their knowledge with me. I now own the token and about 20 others as part of an old collection. Is there a good book on the topic that covers Hard Times Tokens, Store Tokens, and Patriotic Tokens that someone could recommend? It doesn't have to be the most current volume but I would enjoy “attributing” them and learning a bit about them. For example, I have a John Shub's Saloon token and a Gustavus Lindennmuller token that are larger than U.S. cents, and many others that are cent size. So much to learn.
Well done!