Let's see your exonumia!

Ok, these two deserve a repost. Unless I'm being overly strict with Cunningham, neither one of these are listed. While similar to WA340a & WA340b, both of these tokens are identified as reading FORT LEWIS N.C.O. OPEN MESS / NOT / GOOD FOR / CASH on the obverse. Both of these tokens read FT. LEWIS N.C.O. OPEN MESS / NOT / GOOD FOR / CASH. The difference being FORT vs. FT. Was this a mistake? Why on this token would he spell out FORT when it's abbreviated? On the over 100 tokens I've been cataloging this weekend, this would be the first time where he differed from the token.

Second issue with these two - the font type used on the obverse. On the $0.05 the letters are without serifs and there is a diamond ornament at the 6 o'clock position. The $0.25 letters have serifs and are larger. These tokens are very close in size (don't have my calipers with me...what was I thinking!) and they have the same reverse font and size.

So do we have two unlisted tokens, a variety of an unlisted token, or two unlited varieties of a listed token? What do you think tokenists? Hopefully Bruce and longnine009 chime in here. If you have Cunninham Volume I, please see page 316 and 317.

Edit: Dang, I was hoping the pictures would show up.

 

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Bruce: I'M not able to get any images right now. MetroPCS can't hack the load. There is only one edition of Cunningham so my info would not be any different than JWT708's. BTW, I picked another C.O.I.N medal for 1987.

 

This is one of a six piece set I'm putting together in my gaming chip collection. These are from the Casino Elysee Palace in Vichy, France. Probably from the 1930's era. It was valued at 500 Francs and has a silver filigree insert. Both sides are the same. I received it back in April but first photographed it now. I finally went over the 200 chip mark in my collection.

 

Beautiful piece Sam. Congrats!

Bruce

 

This morning I was pleasantly surprised to find I had won this lot in a May 26 auction in the Netherlands. BHM 524, 48mm, by C.H.Kuchler features a cuirassed draped bust of George III and commemorates the union of England and Ireland in 1801. I expect the medal is darker and browner than the auction photo below.

 

World war 2 ration token for meat and dairy


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Never seen one of those before. Any chance you could take a clearer picture, and of both sides?

 

Yeah I'll try to when I get home. I was in hurry and I only have iPhone camera.


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This isn't my picture but I figured it would be faster than waiting until I got home and it would probably look better than my cellphone photo of it anyway. Both sides are the exact same.

 

Hey thanks Effigy! That's a really cool.

 

No problem. I have the ticket books for wheat and sugar as well.


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There is also a blue one,for being made out of a pressed fiber material. They are relatively common and not that expensive."Some products required red tokens in change while other products required blue tokens as change. " " On various price lists, the blue tokens sell for 80 cents and the red tokens for 40 cents. The few scarcer letters sell for $2 and $4. Error pieces — usually off-center or double-struck pieces — are more valuable, with prices shown online of $2.50 to $6 for off-center pieces and $5 to $6.50 for double-struck pieces. On eBay, groups of such tokens often sell for less than 10 cents each. "
And here is the link for more general info http://www.scvhistory.com/scvhistory/signal/coins/soltaylor080908.html
As per the usual the flea bay is now over charging.
Around here the reds are more common and cost about a buck, the blues a little more.

 

Thanks for the history on the OPA points. I have a few common ones in my collection but never knew much about them.

Bruce

 

Congratulations Bob,
Truly a wonderful medal you added to your collection. Exactly the same medal (with armored bust) is on my "wish list", maybe I will get lucky one day

This is what I got lately.
Especially happy with Victoria medal It was on the top of my "wist list" and finally got it! Obviously, the medal was not stored properly, however uncirculated such medal is too expensive for my wallet.

Edward's medal makes a fine duo with the other Edward's medal I acquired a couple of months ago.

And finally, Edward VII coronation medal by Emil Fuchs.

 

Nice Medals!

 

I didn't go to the Long Beach Show but I did go to the Boxing Hall of fame, the Syracuse Chiefs game then to Steam town on my way back

 

Amsterdam Town hall, By Jacques Wiener. Electrotype

 

Picked this up for a couple bucks, given out by Numismatic News at the 103'd ANA Convention, held in Detroit MI this cent is encased in a Black anodized aluminum ring so I added a white border. The almost impossible to read obverse says "Keep me and you will always have Good Luck, and the reverse reads "Numismatic News ANA 103rd Anniversary Convention Detroit, Michigan July27-31"

What can I say, it's different.