Terrific Token Thursday! Post yours as well.....

Scarce and rarely found in good condition Leslie Token from Canada

 

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You got some Splainin' to do! What is this and what is that bird?

 

A neat granary token valued at 6 Kreuzers from Limbach and Breitenbach.
A city council wine token from Cologne, minted until 1796 with a frozen date. A copper plug in the center to thwart counterfeiting.


Silver 5 Mark casino token from Baden-Baden. There are a range of denominations, the higher ones struck in gold!

 

Not familiar with these. German?

 

Yes! My main area is German coins, but I as a bit of exonumia as well!

 

1788 DH-201, Silver Conder token from the Middlesex National Series. MS 63.

 

A few more random ones of mine.

 

How to make money from horses (he says!):


Miracle Horse System advertising token
Aluminum, 32 mm, 2.21 gm

Obverse:
MIRACLE SYSTEM LUCKY PIECE / GUARANTEED TURF PROFITS
EASY FOR PLAYER - HARD FOR LAYER
Horseshoe and man on horse

Reverse:
M.P. WALTER & CO. / THE ACTUAL "HOW"
P.O. BOX 40A TOWSON, MD. / CORRESPONDENCE INVITED.
INQUIRE TODAY - AND MAKE YOUR BOOKIE OBEY.

Mr. Walter sold a book titled:
The $5,000 Challenge System: World's Greatest Turf Investment Method

 

This British token is made of silver. It skirted with the law because it has a value of "12 Pence" marked on it. British government officials complained about pieces like this, but the trouble was the government was not supplying enough coins to run the economy.



This piece, from the same era, is a British Bank token. It was what one might call semi-official.

 

That 12 pence piece is beautiful!