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I'm happy to see so many more coin collectors buying or posting pics of Tokens! I have a huge collection but in my older age I mostly leave it to others to buy as I've gotten a lifetime full of Tokens, mainly pictorials. I learned about them from my Grandfather when I was 11 or 12 so I've always been fascinated by them! Unfortunately, the ones I got from my GF were stolen years ago, which took me away from collecting coins and Tokens for years. I hardly buy them anymore but I always wanted a Robert Ruggles 'Hard Times' Gold Beater Token, so here's a pic of the one I just bought. It's been cleaned but that's ok by me as I'm downsizing anyways, besides the prices on this Token has gone through the roof!

 

Here is a two for for religious protection Both were martyred in the 230's

He is the patron saint of horses

interestingly there is a society dedicated to him in a small town in Michigan

 

1976 United nations peace medal
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A new one for the Ob/Gyn collection. Pretty sure if there was a real snake coiled around some delivery forceps there would be mass pandemonium It was a bit hard to photo...glossy and blackened treatment (or maybe it's iron, I should check the rim). Also very large so this is a cell phone shot.

 

Nice piece! It's Doctor Paul Trillat from France, 1879- 1970, represent him as professor at medicine university. Snakes and rod represent Hygieia, Greek goodness of hygiene and u can see also as apothecary symbol

 

And in this case the 'rod' is a set of Simpson's forceps for childbirth. Google-fu confirms he was a French OB. A really awful place to find a real snake, but a really cool bit of artistic license.

A photo shamelessly borrowed from the internet (complete with labels):

(edited as there does appear to be some artistic license on the medal...the lock doesn't look quite right, but oh well. It's art).

 

Here's a neat one I recently picked up...

 

1815 Halifax half penny token

 

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assorted............from fetish to Philadelphia___enjoy!

 

got this transportation token the other day and I want to share.

 

Here are two losers from the Detroit area,The beer tasted like crap and they went out of business years ago,but their ice cream brand was bought by another company and always tasted great, and what can be said about the Lions.

 

I have people just about everyday ask if we still carry Stroh's beer so somebody likes it

 

It isn't the same beer, as they sold the name of the brand to another company. It was one of those granpa drank it, dad drank it. For the apprenticeship Is was in we had to take a 3 hour tour of the power plant and brew house. Most of it was spent walking thru knee deep beer foam and stale beer, they didn't bother to say anything about boots. Even hosing pants and shoes off, everybody made it home without being pulled over by the police. because they wouldn't have believed where we had been .

 

What city is the USR Co. token from, funnycoins?

Bruce

 

I bought this in Sydney, Nova Scotia. It is intended to evoke a Scottish communion token you sometimes see, but whether it was used as such I don't know. In aluminum.

 

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. rarity: 97 NR index
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces143325.html @BRandM

 

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