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Civil War Prisoner exchange 8 Reale

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MarkW

MarkW

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Like many of you, I get the call from friends when they come across old coins. I just went through a quantity of Flying Eagle and Indian Head cents for a buddy. Nothing that will make his retirement any better, but this Mexico 8 Reale was interesting. The reverse has been altered to read:

Miles Bacon

Captured

at Athens, Ala.

Sept. 25th, 1864

Exchanged

at Vicksburg, Miss.

Nov. 19th, 1864

Was this just a soldier's souvenir? Any comments on this type of "coin/token" would be passed on to my friend. He is a descendent of Miles Bacon. I found no info online in a search of this name. Thanks, Mark

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RWB

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Personal memento of surviving. What would Miles Bacon's descendants think of it?

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thebeav

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Can't bring home any info on bacon, but that is a very, very neat piece. It seems to me that there are websites that catalog civil war soldiers. I just seem to remember someone was able to come up with a lot of info about someone due to such a site.

 

Paul

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