1858 United States Issue Token Value

Documented from 12 documented examples, the United States Issue Token is a 1858 collectible token. The description, inscriptions and specifications below are drawn from museum specimens; market value rests on rarity and condition.

Public domain image (struck or printed before 1926). Click to enlarge.

1858 United States Issue Token specifications

Series
United States Tokens
Denomination
United States Issue Token
Year
1858
Material
Brass

1858 United States Issue Token inscriptions & design

Obverse

HOW ARE YOU JONATHAN PURTY WELL, etc.

John Bull and brother Jonathan passing lightning bolts across the Atlantic

Reverse

ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH / SUCCESSFULLY / LAID / 5TH OF / AUGUST / 1858

inscription

Measured 1858 United States Issue Token specimens

12 physically measured 1858 United States Issue Token examples in our reference database. Real measured weights and die axes let you authenticate a coin against the g, mm minting standard.

Measured 1858 United States Issue Token specimens
SpecimenWeightDiameterDie axisReferences
1858 United States Issue Token #112.65 g30 mm-Miller.NY.493A (in Rulau)
1858 United States Issue Token #2-37.4 mm--
1858 United States Issue Token #39.64 g30 mm-Miller.NY.495B (in Rulau)
1858 United States Issue Token #410.92 g30 mm-Miller.NY.494 (in Rulau)
1858 United States Issue Token #57.147 g30 mm-Miller.NY.495 (in Rulau)
1858 United States Issue Token #69.026 g31.1 mm1 hMiller.NY.492A (in Rulau)
1858 United States Issue Token #712.408 g31.1 mm12 hMiller.NY.492 (in Rulau)
1858 United States Issue Token #812.657 g31.1 mm12 hMiller.NY.493 (in Rulau)
1858 United States Issue Token #910.593 g31 mm12 hMiller.NY.492B (in Rulau)
1858 United States Issue Token #107.447 g25.1 mm6 hMiller.Md.68
1858 United States Issue Token #117.813 g25.4 mm12 hMiller.NY.652, Wright.866
1858 United States Issue Token #1210.606 g31 mm12 hMiller.NY.487 (in Rulau)

Specifications compiled from documented museum specimens. See our data & methodology page.