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STATE of GREATER IDAHO: UNCOMMON CENTS 2nd Reverse Trial Strikes Lot of 3 pieces

$ 5.27

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Condition: Bright Shiny Copper Red, Hand Struck
  • Restocking Fee: No
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Circulated/Uncirculated: Uncirculated
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Item must be returned within: 14 Days
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back

    Description

    You are buying these 'coins in lots of three pieces each of the pictured Hand-struck 98% Copper, approx. 19mm 2021-dated State of Great Idaho Uncommon Cents token.  These are trial strike versions of the original Gold Token of the same size valued at 500 Gold Uncommon Cents.
    These contain no gold but are comprised of 98 percent Copper.
    Note that last year I sold a tiny number of Trial Strikes carrying this reverse but they were on a completely different kind of Planchet that is actually a true Bronze composition, as opposed to these which contain 98% copper and 2% tin.
    I have 9 lots of 3 pieces each for your collecting inclinations.
    I will choose three of the best coins remaining for your particular lot until they are all gone.
    Remember that these are HAND STRUCK and vary in strike detail and quality.  They all meet my stringent standards of presentability and I believe you will be completely satisfied with them.  If you are not, you are free to return them to me for a full refund.
    Obverse of this 'coin' harkens back to an 18th century token out of England that hung Thomas Paine in effigy.  Thomas Paine was the author of the revolutionary pamphlet titled 'Common Sense' and it is generally acknowledged to be the single-most important and widely read document leading up to the events culminating in the Declaration of Independence and the subsequent revolution.
    In his document Mr. Paine argued that what was to become the United States was the true country of Americans, not Great Britain.  Of course, up to that time most of the non-Indian residents considered themselves to be expatriates and possibly alienated Britons.
    Equally important, Thomas Paine made the argument that it makes no sense for a people who are alienated from the political entity that has control over their lives, and to which they feel no obligation of fealty, to remain in a political union that amounts to a broken social contract.  Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain boys of Vermont put this in more succinct terms:  Give me Liberty or Give me Death!
    Likewise, the proposed state of Greater Idaho proposes to incorporate those parts of Eastern Washington and Oregon whose people feel no affinity to the political entities where they now reside.  Thus, the obverse of this 'coin' depicts this alienation from which liberty can only be found through the formation of a new state, the State of Greater Idaho.
    Reverse pays tribute to the revolutionary pamphlet 'Common Sense' and depicts the geographical border of the new state.