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2 railroad tokens and one bonus token

 

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St.Patty's day throws

 

Princess Ka'iulani Commemorative. X# MB60

https://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide/world/hawaii-ounce-x-mb60-1991-cuid-1170846-duid-1415762

 

I suspect they're Vietnam War era military trade tokens. That diamond with an angular S is common on tokens manufactured for use in Japan and Vietnam - just sitting here, I think the company was called Sega. If you're still interested let me know and I'll dig into the reference and see if I can come up with something more.

 

@Jwt708 , I did a quick search and found that the denomination die side appears on a some merchant tokens but was not sure about the anchors on the reverse.

The lot that they came in included a number of coins from someone that spent time in Vietnam in the 70's so I thought there was a chance that they may be military trade tokens.

I would like to treat them as legit currency in my collection if they have that pedigree instead of throwing them back in the bucket with the Chuck E Cheese tokens.

 

I'm on it! Stand by...

 

So Cunningham Volume II page 354 reads:

"This section lists those tokens which are known to be or thought to [be] military tokens, but with no identifying names or locations. Most of these were cataloged by Mr. Curto and most were attributed to locations in Asia. The Catalog Numbers are followed by Curto Numbers, when known. The well known Sega trademark, a small " s" in a diamond, is characteristic of many tokens used in Vietnam."

He lists DS30 as crossed anchors / (Sega emblem)

There is another one, DS20 but no Sega symbol. DS20 was attributed to Saigon Port Facility, Vietnam.

So there's what Cunningham has to say. Vietnam war era tokens, used in theater, likely at a naval installation.

 

Something I should have added...If these tokens were in my collection I would give them the catalog number DS30a and DS30b. Note they appear to be plated brass.

 

Thanks. Great information. The coin is showing wear on the edges and does appear to be plated brass.

 

I commissioned this as I wanted a Reading railroad T-1 hobo.

 

Very cool!

 

Gallery Mint Copy

 

1891 Swiss medal by F. Homberg struck to commemorate the 700th anniversary of the founding of Bern. 50mm, PCGS SP65.

 

Cool guitar pick!

 

Thanks. Guy my wife works with made it. I sent him a bag of halves that I had and told him that I would take some picks as trade but he had to determine how many would be fair. I plan to just give them away as gifts.