Coin and Paper Money Collecting/17th president

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i have a 17th president andrew johnson coin or token from 1865 to 1869 sir veto, just wandering if there is any value for this item please reply back. thanks

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Lance, I'm not sure which token you have -- there have been quite a few made of the presidents.  The one that comes to mind is a series by Shell Oil, although I don't know if A. Johnson was included.  Your best chance to find something out about your piece is to go to www.ebay.com and do a search for Andrew Johnson token, or Andrew Johnson coin, and other variations, to see if anyone is selling something like your and what it is offered for and what people are bidding on it.  If there's nothing now, try coming back in a week.  Try similar searches at www.google.com and you might find something there too.  Jim Lawniczak

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Jim Lawniczak

Expertise

I will answer your questions about encased coins (lucky pennies), which are advertising and event tokens with coins, unually cents, struck with the token.

Experience

Long time collector of encased coins and author of several articles on encased coins.

Organizations
TAMS, ECI (Encased Collectors International)

Publications
TAMS -- several articles on encased coins, in particular the encased coins of the 1901 Buffalo Pan American Exposition
Casement -- many articles on encased coins

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