Let's see your exonumia!

I love them BRandM!

And longnine009 is right about the brief history. I was stationed at McChord/Join Base Lewis McChord for 3 1/2 years, about a year ago. I can never find any of the McChord trade tokens or even anything other then the example of the one Ft Lewis token I have...will post more when I can get back to it. My main collecting focus right now is on military trade tokens.

 

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Thanks for checking in Jwt. Do you have any idea when these tokens might have been used on base? I'd like to put an approximate date to them. Thanks.

Bruce

 

I actually don't know. Going off Cunningham, he identifies a one that was used during World War II and one that likely predated World War I but nothing on this one. Maybe I can find something more...

I've been looking at these types of tokens for a little while now and collect them in order of bases I've been stationed, all Air Force bases (a daunting task!), what I call "commemoratives" and those I like. I haven't seen this style from Ft. Lewis available yet, so I'm a little jealous.

Also, with any price guide, Cunningham's book was printed in 1995 and I have paid more for every token I've bought then what is listed. I figure the price guide may reflect which tokens are more common.

 

This is sympathy post for the good folks up there that must be freezing their butts off. 1969 Maple City Coin Club, Adrian, Michigan, antiqued bronze, M/A, 39mm, 26.3 grms.

 

Just sent you a p/m (conversation) Jwt.

Bruce

 

Here's a token most likely from the mid 1930s. The Congress Grill was still in business as late as 1976 at 129 E. Main St, but don't know its status today. I bought this token at the Trevose Coin Show in Pennsylvania in March, 2002.

Bruce

 

Nice! It looks proof-like in the first
image?

 

It really is a nice clean token. Apparently, it was never used, or if it was, very little.

Bruce

 

What does it weigh.... that would be all I would need to know.

 

I save Columbian Exposition and Chicago World's Fair items. This one cent certificate from the Chicago World's Fair, was taken as trade from some of Chicago's finest establishments (Left column) and not so finest (Right column). A penny was a sought after currency in those days.

 

That's a nice certificate from your collection. I always thought this kind of exonumia was interesting and can't tell you how many times I saw pieces I was interested in but just never pulled the trigger. I'd love to see some more if you have pictures. Thanks for showing it.

Bruce

 

Will dig it out, and weigh it. there is a lot of curd on it so it will be close only.

 

This is the only item which is considered exonumia. The others are stamps, medals, tickets, photographs, commemorative coins and souvenirs. My Father attended the 1933 Chicago World's Fair and some items he actually bought there. The Columbian Exposition items began when I aquired the commemorative coins from that attraction.

 

Another trade token I came across while looking for something else. Actually I found about a dozen others I haven't looked at in quite awhile. This one is interesting for the fact that the die cutter spelled the name of the town incorrectly. While "Masonville" makes sense, the actual spelling is Nasonville (a town in Providence County).

The token's 28mm and made of aluminum. It's listed on www.tokencatalog.com as TC-13992 but they don't provide any history. I couldn't find anything about Germain's Tavern either. I also bought this one at the Trevose (PA) Coin Show in June, 2010.

Bruce

 

There's an amusing die cutter story with Vietnam club tokens. It was common to have the same info on both sides. Now I can't rember the unit, but one of them send their design to a minter with all the info for one side and (Same both sides) for the other side. So when their tokens were delivered, that's what was on the other side "(Same both sides)."

 

Great story! It would be interesting if someone would write a book (Dave Bowers?) on the die- cutting errors and mistakes made in the process of producing coins, tokens, currency, or anything else related to our hobby. There are a lot of them just in the Civil War Token field alone..."Shoot Him On The Spoot" error for example.

"Same Other Side"...that's priceless.
Bruce

 

Here's a piece I picked up in Brisbane, I think around 2005, from a coin dealer I visit on my rare visits there. It is uniface,

This I purchased at a Sunday market near the main train station in Tokyo. It is a souvenir, presumably for Japanese tourists, of the gentleman who hung out in the jungles of Guam for all those years, unconvinced the war was over.

 

They're two nice tokens Wehwalt. I thought it was interesting that the New Guinea piece is holed as if the owner was required to wear it to prove he had paid the tax. Do you know anything more about it?
I remember the story about the Japanese soldier portrayed on the other token. A fascinating story for sure. Thanks for showing them here, and welcome to C/T.

Bruce

 

Yes, I know a small amount about the head tax tokens, there's a writeup http://www.afscoins.com/images/pdf/New Guinea.pdf here. Thanks for the welcome, I've lurked for a while and occasionally asked for help in getting images for Wikipedia, where I do a lot of the numismatic work.

Here's another from my collection that I bought on eBay in connection with my Wikipedia work. Oliver Bosbyshell was Superintendent of the Philadelphia Mint from 1889 to 1894, and some years before that, he was Chief Coiner (he was generally "in" when the Republicans were)


This was probably sold to visitors to the Philadelphia Mint by guides giving the tour. Bosbyshell medals exist in the full three-inch size, but I haven't come across any on eBay, this is about the size of a quarter. I also have a Bosbyshell medal a bit smaller than a dime, with a Grand Army of the Republic reverse (he was heavily involved in that).

 

Thanks for the link on the New Guinea coins and tokens. The Bosbyshell medal is interesting as well. I've heard of the man but never knew much about him. It seems to me that I've seen some of these before but don't recall where (possibly on eBay).

Bruce