Заходите на eBay.com, забиваете в поиск "token beware 1863" и сразу видите, что предмет не особо редкий и не особо дорогой. Цена сильно от качества зависит. Ну а если захотите прочитать про токены того периода, то опять же - поиск рулит. Забиваем в гугл "civil war tokens" и "путь открыт к успехам".
Спасибо за подсказку, этот жетон в слабе NGC (MS63). К сожалению на eBay.com только разновидности и цены, хотелось бы узнать какому конкретному событию этот токен посвящен.
Вряд ли этот токен посвящён какому-то конкретному событию. Вот что я нашёл в инете: The token depicts a bust profile of Andrew Jackson facing left in military uniform. He is surrounded with the legend THE UNION MUST AND SHALL BE PRESERVED *. The reverse shows a rattle snake ready to spring. Above the snake is the word BEWARE and the date is below. A ring of stars encircle the snake, and dentils are on both sides of the token.
Civil War Tokens, also known as "copperheads," were issued privately because of the coinage shortage that occurred during the war. The public disliked the fractional paper money issued by the federal government and used Civil War Tokens to replace it. There were two types of Civil War Tokens, those that had a commercial message, known as tradesmen’s tokens and those that had a patriotic or political theme. They disappeared in 1864 when the federal government issued enough bronze coins to satisfy public demand.
Patriotic tokens were used as a substitute for regular issued coinage. Private minters placed them in circulation at a profit. Some imitated the copper-nickel cent, and some said the words NOT ONE CENT, with NOT written in smaller letters. The tokens show leaders such as Lincoln, military motifs, and slogans and flags. Approximately 10,000 different Civil War Tokens are known. It is estimated that more than fifty million were issued.
