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Nice one and my favorite eagle design.

 

Oh, and a blue CAC too!

 

Oh my...I am stunned. Love it!......wow

 

Good Start

 

Another pickup from the recent Baltimore show.

Bruce

 

Sorry I already posted this

 

Been a while since I actually posted a picture. I keep telling myself I'm going to scan all my tokens but I just haven't gotten around to it yet. Anyway, been a decent weekend for some new trade tokens. There's this one seller who doesn't have military trade tokens very often but when he does he has some really cool bases I want and he lists them all at the same time! Anyway I won a couple from that seller and this token I'm posting below. It came from a different seller and this is the seller's photo.



Obverse and reverse are the same. I already have the aluminum colored (or uncolored) one.

Elmendorf Field opened it's doors in August 1940 and took it's name from Captain Hugh M. Elmendorf who died test piloting an aircraft in Ohio. During WWII P-38s were stationed there as the 18th Pursuit Squadron. The base was realigned with nearby Fort Richardson and is now known as Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson and flies C-12, E-3, C-17, and F-22 aircraft.

 

Nice addition Jack! Do you know when the two bases were realigned and when this token might have been issued?

Bruce

 

@Jwt708
Nice looking token. Here's some footage of P-38's whacking Admiral Yamamoto.

 

From my initial research the air base was supposed to be called Richardson all along but Elmendorf stuck and Ft. Richardson was built nearby. The realignment happened in 2010 - the base I was at was realigned in 2010 too, ole' McChord Air Force Base merged with Fort Lewis and now it's Joint Base Lewis-McChord. When talking about the McChord, it's now refereed to by it's pre-Air Force name, McChord Field.

As far as when the token was made...your guess is as good as mine. I think it's an earlier issue because of the design and I'm going to guess somewhere in the '50s. I need to get with some merchant token enthusiasts maybe they can teach me about attempting to determine when these were made. From my collection of 100+ (it's really taking off!) I've noticed different styles and compositions, especially from the same base (Loring & Keeseler). Cunningham does list dates for some issues, when known, but I haven't had a chance to pull my copy out yet...even though it's sitting right next to me.

Once I get all these bad boys scanned, I going to post 'em all up.

Thanks, and nice footage.

 

I needed to borrow some cufflinks from my dad and came across these ones. It's 35p and 43p.

 

Cool cufflinks! I have a Tie tac just like the 1943 but not able to see mint mark.

 

Should I not carry this in my pocket?

 

"Zotz" (1962) film promotional plastic coin

The film is a comedy about a college professor who receives an ancient coin which gives him magical powers.

William Castle, the producer/director of the film, used gimmicks to advertise his films.

He had these plastic coins made to be handed out to filmgoers.

The obverse design is similar to the magical coin in the film and the reverse is blank.
Details: Plastic, 38mm, 3.75gm

 

There is a long history of using tokens as a movie tie gimmick.
here is one from A really old film, google the title for more info, it is called "the broken coin"

 

Sure, if you don't mind glowing in the dark.

Bruce

 

My sister-in-law's best friend got this in change today. Does anyone know anything about it?

 

looks like someone had alphabet punch set and too much time on hand?