Very interesting coins / tokens

Discussion in 'What's it Worth' started by adam500, May 25, 2011.

  1. adam500

    adam500 New Member

    Here are some coins/tokens that I found in my collection that I have no idea what they are or if they have value. If anyone has information I would greatly appreciate it.

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    Thank you,
    Adam
     
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  3. ratio411

    ratio411 Active Member

    Nice tokens.
    I don't know a value, but I collect this sort of thing when I find them.

    The bottom 2 right are something like business cards.
    The Woodrow Wilson token was part of a gas station give-away to give children something to do on long trips.
    You got the cardboard holder first, similar to a Whitman folder, but it didn't fold.
    Then you collected the individual presidents each time your parents stopped for gas.
    I think it was Shell that did the presidents. That one probably has the least value of your set.
    The others I know little to nothing about.
     
  4. Collector1966

    Collector1966 Senior Member

    The token on the bottom left looks like an older Chinese/Japanese character for "green" (綠). In Japan, at least, it's also a fairly common girl's name ("Midori").
     
  5. ratpack7

    ratpack7 New Member

    The top left penny is a Masonic York Rite penny
     
  6. antique_angel

    antique_angel New Member

    Top row, second coin from the left - possibly a german pfennig
    I have two german pfennigs that have the same front side, but on the reverse have the number 10
    So the backside of yours in different than mine. I'm not 100% sure, I'm new to this.
    Google "german pfennig" and see if you can find something similar to yours.
    Goodluck adam!
     
  7. Collector1966

    Collector1966 Senior Member

    I think the second coin from the left on the top row is a sou token from Montreal, Canada
     
  8. antique_angel

    antique_angel New Member

    I wont argue with you on that because I could easily be wrong.. Maybe I was wrong about my coins?
    Only the front side of his coins match mine.. I'll post pictures of mine, hold on.
     
  9. antique_angel

    antique_angel New Member

  10. antique_angel

    antique_angel New Member

    the more I look at it now, and compare the pictures of mine with theirs, I can see the difference in the amount of leaves/stems on the image. My coins have less leaves branching off... my apologies. I'm still new to this...
     
  11. Collector1966

    Collector1966 Senior Member

    No problem whatsoever. This forum is one of the best places around for both beginners and advanced collectors to learn about coins :)
     
  12. calumsherwood

    calumsherwood New Member

    you are not wrong about your coins they are indeed german pfennig. The tree is a very common simbol on coins
     
  13. adam500

    adam500 New Member

    Thank you all for your valuable replies. Are any of these of value? I am also very interested about the aluminum one on the top right. Any ideas?

    From what I have research it appears that the bottom row and the presidential token have little to no value.

    Thanks,
    Adam
     
  14. Collector1966

    Collector1966 Senior Member

    You can probably find out more about your Canadian sou token by Googling "Montreal" "sou" "token" or "Breton" "sou" "token" (looks like it could be Breton #692)
     
  15. adam500

    adam500 New Member

    Thank you for this information / help.
    It looks like you were close it turned out to be a #691

    Adam
     
  16. manymore

    manymore Chinese Charms

    If not that,...then maybe it's a couple dancing the jitterbug. :smile

    Gary

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  17. antique_angel

    antique_angel New Member

    Thankyou :) and yes, I'm really loving this site! You're all very, very helpful. I only have a small collection, with a few coins, nothing very valuable. Hopefully though, I'll have the money to get invested in something larger :)
     
  18. Collector1966

    Collector1966 Senior Member

    lol :)
     
  19. adam500

    adam500 New Member

    Does anyone have any idea what the top right token is?

    Adam
     
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