Let's see your exonumia!

Hi all, just received this nice Silver French Jetton engraved by Pingret. Its the same size as a U.S. silver dollar.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Édouard_Pingret The French translates to: Civil Buildings Council Aisne. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aisne From My research I think it dates to the mid to late 1800's

 

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Nostalgia ain't what it used to be...

 

PaddyB here is the other one that was generally passed out with Woodsy,


On the reverse of this one you can see the Depts of the US Government that would give these out at fete's, festivals,fairs and outdoor type shows. Smokey the Bear has been around a long time Woodsy not as long.

 

Got this at Disney World in 1971-1972.

 

New token and new toys

 

Van Diemen's Land token. Not in the greatest shape, but it was real cheap. Thing was black and stunk to high heaven with some kind of diesel / oil odor but a soak for a couple days in acetone cleared that up.

 

I really like the die break on this one.

 

A pickup over the summer. It's a 2011 commemorative from the Bank of Albania, for 85 years of a national currency.



and the original coin:

 

Nice tokens, Paddy! I like the pen manufacturer's piece best. I'll take a Rob-Roy <LOL>

Bruce

 

That's a beauty, old49er. Very impressive.

Bruce

 

Haha. I wonder how many people know what that is.

 

I take it you mean in Cocktail parlance? Not some new piece of Cockney Rhyming slang?

 

When I did the google on this one it came up from a 2015 auction along with another one that sold for $400.+ Don't know which one was worth more, being a ways east of the left coast Mich, it end up in the 50% off bargain bin marked at $4.00

 

No Paddy, I was just looking at the reverse of the token where it listed the different brands(?) of pens they made. I was commenting on what I thought was an interesting name for a pen. But I'll have a cocktail too...before dinner

Bruce

 

Ah right! I couldn't work out why you had picked the Rob Roy at first so I went looking for a hidden meaning (I am like that!). I thought at first it might be a euphemism for something else but then I tracked down the Rob Roy cocktail - a Manhattan but made with Scotch Whisky instead of Bourbon, so I assumed you meant that. Turns out I was wrong on all counts.
Cheers!

 

Found this info on the net from a listing of the Victoria Museum Collections:

"Mule Token - Halfpenny, R. Josephs, New Town Toll Gate, Newtown, Tasmania, Australia, 1855
Summary
This copper Halfpenny mule token was minted by W.J. Taylor of London. It was issued by R. Josephs of Newtown, Tasmania, circa 1855. Transported to Australia in 1827 Josephs, gained his certificate of freedom in 1841. In 1852 he won the tender to operate the New Town toll gate for three years. It was during this time that he issued his trade tokens, known as 'Toll Gate' tokens, which would have enabled him to profit from giving change to people passing through his gate.

Previous Collections: George McArthur"

 

No problem, Paddy. I actually don't like Scotch Whisky or Bourbon so I was only kidding about having a Rob-Roy before dinner. Now bring a bottle of Crown Royal to my house and you can stay for dinner.

Cheers to you too!

Bruce

 

Yes, based on what I have read, "Van Diemen's Land" was what European settlers called what is now know as Tasmania.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Diemen's_Land

Other info indicates that there was a shortage of small denomination currency available in Australia at the time that lead to a large number of token issues. I have another token dated 1855 that uses "Tasmania". See this post...

https://www.cointalk.com/threads/lets-see-your-exonumia.203005/page-363#post-2907752

 

Jukebox test token