The five or six commonly encountered varieties are often available in high grade despite their optimistic R-5 & R-6 rarity ratings by Mssrs. eagle reverse helps date the early use of that die. If the counters were issued in 1851-2, the use of the U.S. eagle reverses and even a couple of later strikes from Waterbury muled with Abraham Lincoln 1860 Presidential campaign token reverses. There are a double handful + of different Kossuth counters with portraits facing right and left, with quotation and U.S. One, a portrait of Kossuth, in the folds of Hungarian and American flags, with the words at the bottom: 'Kossuth, the Washington of Hungary" **Restaurants abounded with Hungarian goulash, a savory dish of boiled beef and vegetables, strongly infused with red peppers and there were Kossuth cravats (formidable bands of satin or silk wound around the neck, with ends liberally folded over the shirt front), Kossuth pipes, Kossuth umbrellas, Kossuth belts and buckles, Kossuth purses, Kossuth jackets, and Kossuth braid and tassels for wearing apparel.The American Museum on Broadway "was literally covered with paintings and flags. **Every New Year's gift associated itself in some designation with Kossuth and Hungary. "Thus immediately previous to the Christmas of 1851 New York city underwent a period of Kossuth mania, and it affected the holiday presents. This excerpt from the New York Sun newspaper shows the tenor of the visit: Congress approved his visit from exile in the Ottoman Empire. Civil War and were most likely issued during 1851-52 after the U.S. The Kossuth counters are most probably pre-U.S. Although common, not seen in uncirculated. I picked up the last one early last year. Picked up these at the end of last year.Ī $10 Gold and a Washington/Liberty head piece.
The following 2 below are common but very difficult in uncirculated. Having a difficult time imaging as it is very reflective and therefore shows a combination of die scratchesĪnd regular scratches.The reverse exhibits some rather large die cracks. I really haven't seen many $20 double eagle size's around and quite happy when it arrived. Into the world of Spiel Marke gaming tokens. In my never ending search for nice, semi rare higher grade and interesting tokens it has taken me
I highly recommend this to anyone that might consider This covers so many different California and other counter tokens. Updated again for a Fantastic online reference for such tokens There are literally thousands of them out there but I wanted to devote my time and learning the ones that are semi know, available and a nice depiction of our American money. I once again edited the title to accurately describe what I'm trying to show and include in this section.
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