Let's see your exonumia!

Thx for that perspective - I had not thought of that angle. I'll keep an open mind on it and see if I can turn up any other possibilities.

 

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Here's one example of a tradesman's stamp using only a surname, Jeff. This style isn't unusual. BTW, I never found out who Summers was.

Bruce

 

Here an interesting one from the latest bulk buy

blank reverse, Used for the fur trade between 1919 to 1941 this one signifies it is worth 20 made beaver pelts in trade, it and and another appear to have been thru a fire

 

Here is the other fire damaged one


Grand Army of the Republic delegate token 1894

 

Gunslinger from Provident's Prospectors series. One oz. .999 silver, 39mm, C/A, Highland mint.

 

Here's two ugly coins with ugly counterstamps on them. These two are from a group of nearly 200 pieces I've picked up over the past few years from a man in Belfast, Northern Ireland. His parents operated bars in Belfast for over thirty years, and they routinely saved coins with political messages during the Troubles period. Most of them have sat in bank bags and trunks for 30 or 40 years, some longer.

The toning and environmental damage ranges from nasty, like these two, to beautifully gold-toned near new coins, but all the messages are ugly. The "Brit Out" is on a 1979 English 50p and the "IRA" stamp defaces the Queen's portrait on a 1979 50p. "IRA" is the Irish Republican Army paramilitary, a group responsible for hundreds of deaths during the Troubles. "Brit Out" (British Out) is a call for Britain to withdraw from Northern Ireland and reunite it with the Republic of Ireland, something the north vehemently opposes.

All these coins are original, authentic reminders of the brutal times suffered by the Irish people during the last three decades of the 20th century. Not pretty, but important to preserve so as not to forget.

Bruce

 

Interesting pieces BRandM what do the other sides look like?
Both carry different messages during the same time period. Talk to me if you want to get rid of them. They would go well with the piece my son dug up about a year ago. His first found in the streets of down town Denver.

 

This is pretty cool. Engraving a medal with a CNC router

https://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsi...h/engraving_with_cnc/?st=JPKMOCJA&sh=a19dc48a

 

The Maxwell so far is my favorite.

 

Thanks for the offer, Pickin and Grinin, but they're part of a large collection of these political pieces I have. Here's the other sides though.

Bruce

 

Times have changed here is an item that was given to mothers of soldiers that served in the great war in 1919 they were given in cities and towns across the US. The bar with the star would indicate how many sons they had in the war, some have a gols star applied over the star on the bar. Indicating the son died in service. and on the reverse it listed the town. Also a registration number

 

Can you show us a picture of both sides, Jurnee? Thanks for posting.

Bruce

 

Here is a two fer interesting one, first is the shape and secondly it is a good luck piece from a company that I haven't seen before pre WWII

 

Cryptocurrency fantasy issues:

 

Not the normal token collector...just a few of my conversation pieces View attachment 859027 View attachment 859027

 

Parents moved there in the early 70's

 

Czechoslovakia - transit token

 

Here was some one pocket lucky piece from the wear.

Haunted trails, blank reverse

 

I can’t ever pass up unusual items. I guess this first one qualifies as exonumia now.