![]() ![]() There is but one way in which I can hope to gain their necessary aid. To fulfill my trust I need the support and confidence of all who are associated with me in the various departments of Government and the support and confidence of the people. His removal cast upon me a heavier weight of cares than ever devolved upon any one of his predecessors. It finds some solace in the consideration that he lived to enjoy the highest proof of its confidence by entering on the renewed term of the Chief Magistracy to which he had been elected that he brought the civil war substantially to a close that his loss was deplored in all parts of the Union, and that foreign nations have rendered justice to his memory. ![]() Our thoughts next revert to the death of the late President by an act of parricidal treason. To express gratitude to God in the name of the people for the preservation of the United States is my first duty in addressing you. The themes, inscriptions, and devices (pictures) are intriguing.Fellow-Citizens of the Senate and House of Representatives: Go to eBay and do a search for Civil War Token. The only pattern I know about with 'Army and Navy' and the 'shall be preserved' slogan has no date. The inscription says in full 'The Federal Union - it must and shall be preserved'. ![]() There are nice collections at the UK Token Society, on AnythingAnywhere, and on flickr. Here you will find plenty of examples and very knowledgeable people. The web universe of CWTs centers at (where else?). Worn: $20 US dollars approximate catalog value Very approximately, here are general values which apply across most CWTs: Fully uncirculated CWTs are very rare and can fetch several $100s of dollars. A dealer might buy it from you for about $10 to $20. For a coin in good shape, like the one in the picture, figure a retail value of $40 to $50 US dollars, sometimes twice those amounts depending upon rarity. Many different political and patriotic themes appear on CWTs. The government caught up eventually, and Civil War Tokens disappeared. Regular cents of the era were strongly hoarded, so private individuals started making small copper coins to meet the demands of commerce. Civil War Tokens appeared in the early 1860s because there was a severe shortage of US government-issued coins. ![]()
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