Let's see your exonumia!

Discussion in 'Coin Chat' started by Detecto92, Mar 21, 2012.

  1. Black Friar

    Black Friar Well-Known Member

    Images 0014-5 is a silver 2 ounce ingot celebrating the VW Bugs 25 Anniversary in the US. The second I found in a silver junk box years ago. I have tried to track down the celator with no success. Looks like some of Ron Landis' early work, but only the numi gods know.
     

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  3. ZoidMeister

    ZoidMeister Hamlet Squire of Tomfoolery . . . . .


    Definitely Landis. Early Renaissance Faire strikes it looks like.

    I was blessed by the Ebay gods last night and won an auction on some other Ron Landis items.

    I got these at 60% of my max bid, which was a low ball bid to begin with.

    I couldn't fall to sleep for about two hours after winning . . . .

    Gotta love the serial number on these as well . . . . . .

    Z




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  4. Eric the Red

    Eric the Red Well-Known Member

    Anyone know anything about these 2 tokens? I picked them up today. Each side is the same.on each piece.Thanks in advance.

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  5. Eric the Red

    Eric the Red Well-Known Member

    Size camparison both tokens are silver but thin like a dime.

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  6. detectorben

    detectorben Member

    Here are some of my dug tokens!
     

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  7. ZoidMeister

    ZoidMeister Hamlet Squire of Tomfoolery . . . . .

  8. Eric the Red

    Eric the Red Well-Known Member

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  9. harley bissell

    harley bissell Well-Known Member

    When a manufacturer or co-op provider of gambling or pinball devices placed their machine or took an order for tokens they would supply a number of tokens to use until the order arrived. Some folks call those MSA for Manufacturers' Stock Arcade
    They are difficult to impossible to attribute to a single location because the same number could be used in multiple states. The dated token may be found as a patent in the records and was probably used as either a free sample to drum up business or was carried as a salesman's sample to show prospective customers what their order would look like. The one on the right might fetch five dollars from a die sinker collector if they don't already have one. The one on the left has a base value of twenty five cents.
     
  10. Eric the Red

    Eric the Red Well-Known Member

    Thank you. Very informative
     
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  11. ZoidMeister

    ZoidMeister Hamlet Squire of Tomfoolery . . . . .

    A bit of an upgrade to a piece that I already have.

    Z




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  12. fretboard

    fretboard Defender of Old Coinage!

    Here's an 1850 Token with the date! Pretty scarce to see these 1850's Tokens with a date so it's a big deal to me! thumbsup.gif I'm still having pic issues so I'm posting the sellers pics, size is a tad bigger than a quarter at 27.5mm. :D

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  13. dwhiz

    dwhiz Collector Supporter

    won these last night, 4 inexpensive tokens (I never use cheap). It will be interesting to see how they look in hand. Yep sellers images 4 Different Franklin Mint Proof Medals.jpg
     
  14. fretboard

    fretboard Defender of Old Coinage!

    Yep very nice, I have one of them Cal-Neva Tokens somewhere around here. That First Transcontinental Token looks really nice! ;)
     
  15. ZoidMeister

    ZoidMeister Hamlet Squire of Tomfoolery . . . . .

    Now, this is MY KIND of token . . . . .

    Sign me up!

    Z



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  16. ZoidMeister

    ZoidMeister Hamlet Squire of Tomfoolery . . . . .

    Another interesting one.

    Anyone have any information on this one? I'm open for an edjamacation . . . . .

    Z



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  17. Chris B

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  18. ZoidMeister

    ZoidMeister Hamlet Squire of Tomfoolery . . . . .


    Thanks much for the link. I'm guessing my find is more of a commemorative medal than a notgeld. Mine doesn't have a value on it, but does have the Meissen crossed swords.

    Very good information.

    Z
     
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  19. harley bissell

    harley bissell Well-Known Member

    you're welcome
     
  20. ZoidMeister

    ZoidMeister Hamlet Squire of Tomfoolery . . . . .

    I'm not usually able to acquire examples this nice.

    Another "upgrade" . . . . .

    Z



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  21. dwhiz

    dwhiz Collector Supporter

    They arrived today. I took the rail air out of the cardboard w/plastic film and dipped it in some crap i have. looks a little better. The other 3 I just let them be. Rail Air A.jpg Rail Air B.jpg Lot of franklin Mint A.jpg Lot of franklin Mint B.jpg
     
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