TRIVIA: Interesting Tokens?

You, who collect tokens, know many tokens were issued by banks and businesses as a substitute for coins during periods of coin scarcity.

Coin scarcity is the reason for this 1835 Prince Edward Island token:

(Photo and text courtesy of coinarchives.com):

http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=550547&AucID=395&Lot=74339


Nice example isn't it? Do you have any tokens in your numismatic collection?

And what about this Token of Nova Scotia?

http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=499329&AucID=364&Lot=50743


And this New Zealand specimen?

http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=600735&AucID=437&Lot=647


And this token from Algiers?

http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=281016&AucID=204&Lot=3297


And here's a favorite of mine (I don't own one) from Cuba:

http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=299796&AucID=219&Lot=4940


And what do you think about this New Brunswick specimen?

http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=493002&AucID=361&Lot=12809


Because I know you are going to point out the wide spread use of transportation tokens, I am finishing this Trivia post with a transportation token from Ketchikan, Alaska which was good toward the fare of the Northern Bus Company or the O.J. White Cab Company.

http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=587087&AucID=426&Lot=3386


Let me know if you enjoyed this trivia on tokens...

Clinker - http://clinker.bravehost.com/funpage.html

 

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Very interesting you should make a trivia post about the 1893 Columbian exposition.

 

Very enjoyable indeed :hug:

Ps my avatar is also a token LOL

 

I love the Nova Scotia thistle tokens. Heck, I love most Canadian tokens.

 

To FreakyGarrettC

May do that unless you post one???

Clinker

 

To De Orc

What caught my interest in these tokens was the fact most are the results of Early America!!

Clinker

 

Ardatirion:

Glad you got to see these...

Clinker

 

Clinker - nice post! You left out two favorite types of tokens that may be of interest to others. Check out these photos of two collections that are simply stunning to me:

British Provincial/Conder tokens:

http://s110.photobucket.com/albums/n89/rwyarmch/British Provincial Tokens/?start=all

Hard Times tokens:

http://s171.photobucket.com/albums/u312/coinarefun/Tokens/?albumview=grid

I wish my collection of Conder tokens were as extensive as the above AND I wish I had the photographic skill both have so aptly displayed!

 

To Catbert:

Thanks for sharing the links to both collections AND for the positive comment...

Clinker