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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;edix, post: 295035, member: 2749&quot;]Coney Island of the West. Who knew?</p><p>My own heritage is linked to the original Coney Island, where I still have a few relatives living nearby.</p><p>Thanx!</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s the rest of the story from a responder:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;It&#039;s in the big Rulau Standard Catalog of United States Tokens 1700-1900,</p><p>4th edition, under Cincinnati, p. 1053.&nbsp; Catalog number is Cin 25, fabric is</p><p>brass, diameter is 22mm, and the date is given as 1885.&nbsp; Valued at $7.50 in</p><p>VF.&nbsp; An additional catalog reference is given as Lipscomb CI 1630 (I&#039;m</p><p>unfamiliar with that catalog).&nbsp; There&#039;s also Cin 26, Lipscomb 1635,</p><p>identical except in copper-nickel, valued the same as the previous.</p><p>Evidently there is also a &quot;10&quot; token as well as one that is undenominated.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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