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Heard of them,never seen one until tonight.
Though it was a Indian at first.No not a Indian.
Then a thought,maybe gold?No not gold
Its a copper 1863 New York.
Took some time searching the nets to find out more.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_War_token

Mine looks like the 3rd one down on this page.http://www.coins.nd.edu/WashToken/WashT ... otic1.html
The one in the picture is in way better shape then mine,but at least you can tell what it is
It's not a huge windfall,but I am enjoying the history.
And feeling very honored that Uncle George stopped in for a visit.
Ive been real lucky since starting this hobby.It's amazing what you could find sorting pennies!

Awesome find.Was it in a CWR or bank rolled?

Awesome! I have found a couple with my metal detector..but they are all pretty trashed from being in the ground..

real nice find. I did see some wheat cent rolls with a civil war token on the end sell on fee bay for $80-100. I wouldn't sell it if it was me, that's a nice piece of history.

Found it in a $50 bank bag from a coin counter.
I agree it a nice piece of history.
Shows time and again,people will save coins over paper.

Congrats. I found one in a $50 bag a while back.

Silver ones that are dime size also exist. I found one of those in a bag of dimes last year.

Congrats, it certainly could qualify for the 2011 awards for the best find,

Cheers,

Way cool!

Wow, you couldn't ask for anything better that.

abe wrote:Wow, you couldn't ask for anything better that.

except for maybe a gold one

a patriotic......very cool find.

your 55 DD still is the winner in my book.