Let's see your exonumia!

Yeah for sure! Also US spotter knew that well!!! But thank to radio we could get outta area like a bat out hello.

 

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I thought I would post this chip from the mid-70s' from the Fremont Casino in downtown Las Vegas. This is their 6th issue and the only one with a metal center, not an inlay like others use. This particular denomination is very hard to find in this good of condition. It's value is between $30 to $50. Only two chips had the order date stamped on it, on the right side of the metal center (7-75). The other was their $1 chip (7-76) but the metal has a blackish appearance rather than this brass look. All other denominations in this issue were hot stamped and had no metal core. It is a clay chip with the Paulson design of the hat and cane circulating within the inside of the rim. This has the long cane as opposed to the short cane design. It has three white inserts which run completely through and through the chips body. There have been 13 issues of various chips at the Fremont. This particular design was never seen before or afterward, on the casino floor. A unique piece. I purchased it on eBay and was surprised that it didn't draw more attention and more bids.

 

Another Masonic Penny, this time from Roswell, New Mexico:


Masonic Penny, Roswell New Mexico, Columbia RAM Chapter 7
Obverse:
COLUMBIA CHAPTER No. 7 R.A.M. / ROSWELL, N.M.
CHARTERED AUGUST 24TH 1894 / ONE PENNY
Reverse:
HTWSSTKS emblem
Metal: Bronze, Size: 31mm, Weight: 10.96gm

This chapter had some unusual members.

 

This is known as a Silver Strike. They are only given out in special slot machines instead of money. However, the center medallion is .999 fine silver, the rim around it is brass. Being a Ten Dollar token, it has about .51 to .64 troy ounces of silver present. In 2009 the casino's started making them with a silver clad finish instead of fine silver. Then gamblers could either keep them as a souvenir or get face value in cash at the casino cage. When they first began issuing silver tokens, you could find them from $1 up to $300 in value. The $200 and $300 token had to be given as a hand pay because of it's size and weight. Both had over a Troy Pound in silver content, the $300 one, close to a pound and a half. Now they are only found from $10 and up and made in clad to boot. Twenty nine different mints have made these strikes for the casinos. Only four have made issues for a second casino. This Strike has a mint mark of "G" for the Global Mint. It was made special for the McCarran Airport during the Millennium and is marked accordingly. Only three machines dispensed them. McCarran has no other form of gaming but slots.

 

Some sort of fob made with two Barber quarters, 1898-S and 1900-S, plus a 1907-S Philippine 50 centavos. It was meant to be hung from something and has a clip mounted to the back of the 50 centavos coin. It is all done in sterling except for the spring in the clip. Most likely a serviceman had this custom made or made it himself.

 

You know me longnine009 - I always love a good mess token! I like it and appreciate the back story. I found some various nicknames for the A-1 beyond Able Dog:

Spad and Super Spad
the Destroyer / Hobo (radio call signs from the USAF)
Firefly (radio call sign from USAF)
Zorro (another radio call sign)
the Big Gun
Old Faithful
Old Miscellaneous
Fat Face (side-by-side seating variant)
Guppy
Q-Bird
Flying Dumptruck
Sandy (USAF call sign)
and the South Vietnamese nickname, Crazy Water Buffalo
(Wikipedia)

I think my favorites are Fat Face and Old Miscellaneous

The Air Force has a history of choosing a nickname for aircraft that is never really adopted by the people that use them or maintain them. Some examples I can think of off the top of my head are the F-16 Fighting Falcon usually know as viper; the A-10 Thunderbolt II as the Warthog; B-52 Stratofortress as BUFF which means big ugly fat ****** (usually churched up to friend); B-1 as Bone.

 

One thing about BUFF, the USAF really got their money's worth out of that aircraft.

 

Sure did. To that I think it's fair to add the 130 and 135.

 

Looks like a sweater pin

 

I just found this WVU dinning hall token from my freshman year orientation in 2005.

 

Here's a nice Long Island Coin Club medal I picked up at the Baltimore show. The edge-lettering reads "American Mint Associates, Inc" It's bronze and serial numbered 011. I'm not familiar with the American Mint but this piece is a nice high-quality design and strongly struck high-relief medal.
The Arnold Numismatic Co. token dates back to at least 1909 as I've seen the exact same design on post cards they issued for advertising. They were a mail order house much like B. Max Mehl of later years. The LICC medal I bought from Fanger and the Arnold piece from J & F Collectibles in Tucson, AZ. Two nice additions to my numismatic related exonumia collection.

Bruce

 

Whoops, forgot the pictures!

 

Beautiful medal Bruce. I think they misspelled Shinnecocks as Shimnecocks.

https://www.google.com/url?q=http:/...F75IaA&usg=AFQjCNEAu_WFp3llUcVOLOTWzJJHg0VFsg

 

Thanks longnine. Great link you provided for the history. You know I'm always interested in that. That's not a good thing to make a mistake on, especially the spelling of a name. Good catch!
Guess I'll have to scratch out the "M" and add an "N" in its place.

Bruce

 

This is the Shinnecock Canal in Hampton Bay's. I don't know what happened; there used to be dozens of people fishing here on any given day. Maybe they were having too much fun.

 

My gal & I took a little trip down south last week and here are a some pickings

On Saturday we ran across a coin show ( this was not advertised anywhere)
and picked up the two Myrtle Beach CC pieces.
The rest are self explanatory although the Gay Dolphin had two machines one for the cent and one for the the dime
Gee I almost forgot my Moose magnet LOL

 

That's a nice medal dwhiz. Did you go to the show, and if so, how was it? I've been wanting to go but I always forget when it is. It's about a two hour drive to Gettysburg for me but I have relatives that live in Harrisburg so I could spend a night there.

Bruce

 

Hi Bruce this is for the 2015 show

 

Whoops! Not a time traveler I see.

Bruce