1789 1797 George Washington Coin not Token.

Discussion in 'What's it Worth' started by johnecko, Feb 4, 2009.

  1. David Setree Rare Coins

    David Setree Rare Coins Well-Known Member

    ........and the years go by........
     
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  3. Millard

    Millard Coindog

    kinda odd that it showed up in todays new topics list, huh?
     
  4. Megladon

    Megladon New Member

    Just found that same token exactly how much is it worth
     
  5. minett3

    minett3 New Member

    It actually is from the Shell presidents game, in a round about way, the set of bronze colored medals with presidents was one of the prizes.
     
  6. paddyman98

    paddyman98 I'm a professional expert in specializing! Supporter

    Yes that was stated in one of the earlier posts many years ago.. Thank you and welcome to CoinTalk
     
  7. ldhair

    ldhair Clean Supporter

    There have been a lot of different sets of these made over the years. The Shell set is probably the most well known. The US mint has even made one for each president but they are a bit larger.
    Just for fun. Not sure who made these but not the US mint. Image_0648.jpg Image_0651.jpg Image_0654.jpg Image_0657.jpg
     
  8. furham

    furham Good Ole Boy

    This token was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut during the early 20th century. The Scovill Company was established in 1802 as a button manufacturer and is still in business today. Scovill was an early industrial American innovator, adapting armory manufacturing processes to mass-produce a variety of consumer goods.
    Obverse: Bust of John Adams facing right. Legend: 2ND PRESIDENT, U.S.A./ 1797-1801/ JOHN ADAMS.
    Reverse: Legend reads: "SON OF LIBERTY"/ "COLOSSUS OF INDEPENDENCE"/ MINISTER TO ENGLAND VICE PRESIDENT TWO TERMS CREATED U.S. NAVY ON ACCOUNT OF EUROPEAN WAR CLOUD FIRST PRESIDENT TO OCCUPY WHITE HOUSE.
     
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  9. furham

    furham Good Ole Boy

    Both of your tokens were made by the same company.
     
  10. TexasCharley

    TexasCharley Member

    But it's a no MM, delaminated, double die, RPM!

    It HAS to be valuable.
     
  11. paddyman98

    paddyman98 I'm a professional expert in specializing! Supporter

    seriously? o_O

    No.
     
  12. GeorgeM

    GeorgeM Well-Known Member

    The original funerary tokens may be valuable.

    An interesting side note from reading about early numismatics in the US - George Washington buttons, tokens, and medals were the *big* item in the early 19th century. If memory serves, a collection of Washington tokens formed the basis of the Smithsonian's collection.
     
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