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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mr. Numismatist, post: 26742747, member: 142588&quot;]I specialize in picker tokens and tickets. I might be an expert only because not many others have ventured into this area. Like if I ran a race with two other people and was proud I finished in one of the top three positions.</p><p><br /></p><p>When I first started collecting I wasn&#039;t a &quot;true collector&quot;. What I mean by that is, I made sure any coin I bought was worth more than I paid (this was a fast way of learning to spot fake &amp; details coins...).</p><p><br /></p><p>One day while I was digging through a coin shop&#039;s bargain bin, I overheard the dealer telling about &quot;strawberry tokens&quot;, specifically about those used in the Ozarks which was home to a town called &quot;The Strawberry Capital of the World&quot;. The story I remembered most was how these tokens turned into local currency during the 1890&#039;s-1920&#039;s which anyone could redeem at the issuing bank for U.S. coinage. However, having private money in denominations under $1 was illegal since 1909. A visiting government agent reported to Washington after they saw someone using these tokens to buy goods from a store. All the banks in the area were told to stop using them, and thus, the thousands of strawberry farmers would have to find alternative methods of paying their pickers for the season of 1923 and beyond.</p><p><br /></p><p>A lot of looking, buying and researching later, here I am trying to write books on the subject, feeling unqualified and having many more questions than answers. But, I want a guide book and I don&#039;t see anyone else making one anytime soon, so here I am.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1707574[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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