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Here is a group that was cut out of silver English coins.

you never now what can turn up in a bulk buy

 

I snapped off some images tonight of a few overseas tokens I would like to share:


Fort Davis, Atlantic Area Installation Command (AAIC), Canal Zone
Cunningham Vol 2, pg. 12, CZ130a; 22mm, aluminum
Meyer and Went Company struck 2,000 in May 1970 and another 2,000 in September 1970.


Evreux Air Base, France
Cunningham Vol 2, pg. 28, FR210b; 24mm, brass


Sembach Air Base, Germany
Cunningham Vol 2, pg. 50, GR1410c; 29mm, brass


Seoul City Air Base (K-16), Korea
Cunningham Vol 2, pg. 182, KR2550c; 21mm, brass

I'm tired and don't want to post the stateside tokens today. More tomorrow and hopefully some more pictures - I have a lot to do!

 

Good to see some more of your tokens, Jack. You have a great collection.

Bruce

 

Thanks Bruce!

I hope to get more imaged and posted.

 

I know you all want some more tokens! Here are some I imaged last night:


Carswell Air Force Base, Texas
Cunningham Vol 1, pg. 266, TX590g; plastic, 28mm


Custer Air Force Station, Michigan
Cunningham Vol 1, pg. 150, MI120e; aluminum, 34mm


Custer Air Force Station, Michigan
Cunningham Vol 1, pg. 150, MI120f; aluminum, 38mm


Schilling Air Force Base, Kansas
Cunningham Vol 1, pg. 122, KS560b; aluminum, 32mm


Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma
Cunningham Vol 1, pg. 234, OK590d; aluminum, 35mm (gold color and scratch more prevalent in photo)


Grenier Air Force Base, New Hampshire
Cunningham Vol 1, pg. 182, NH60d; brass, 28mm

 

I bought this chip because I thought it might have something to do with Shemya Air Force Station. After getting it in hand, I was less confident. It only cost a couple dollars so no big loss, but for now it will remain a mystery. Numismatist John Kallman authored a document on military chips, and it is not listed there or in Cunningham. It also has no value on the chip. If anyone ever sees this and has any idea, let me know! All I've found were references to eBay sales and a listing in TokenCatalog which had no additional information.

 

I'm on it, Jack!

Bruce

 

I’m not sure exactly what I have here. The only listing I’ve found for this coin with the 1974 date is a mintage of 100 in silver. I didn’t think about it as anything but bronze until I took the picture and noticed the reeded edge.






I’m still working on my new photo app so this post might be clunky.

 

No idea what that is. I did only see the first picture, the other two just showed up on my phone as boxes with a red X in the corner.

 

Man, Shemya is really remote, Jack. Far west on the Aleutian Islands chain and hanging out in the middle of nowhere. Believe it or not, it's called "The Black Pearl of the Aleutians"...no actual pearls, just black volcanic terrain.I didn't really find out much more than you did. The base was built in 1942 as you know in a move to counter the earlier invasion of the islands by the Japanese.

I did come across a pamphlet put together by the Air Force...1961 or 1962...as a sort of introduction to new service men and their families assigned there.In it was a list of clubs on the base. There were two, the NCO open mess, and the Driftwood Club, apparently a bar, restaurant and all around entertainment center. No mention of Club 365, but it may have been there in earlier years. It may have been a local hangout that catered to military personnel.

On a personal note. My father was a Navy Seabee (79th NCB I think) who served in Alaska during the war. He didn't speak often of his time there, but I know he was on Kodiak Island, so must have been involved in the construction of the base there. Who knows, he may have been at Shemya too.That's an interesting possibility.

Bruce

 

Thanks for your sleuthing Bruce! I'm on my phone right now, so when I get home I'll see if I can add any relevant tokens to the discussion. With the remoteness of those Alaskan islands, I would suspect servicemen would visit the other bases/stations just for a change of scenery. I can't remember Sheyma off the top of my head but I know at Murphy Dome AFS most of the compound was all connected so you were indoors the entire time. In fact, in that period the Air Force had summer uniforms (shorts!!!) that members were authorized to wear while stationed at Murphy Dome, even in the coldest temperatures. Cabin fever must have been a real challenge.

 

My Shema AFS tokens:



I need to reshoot these green tokens, a little too dark.

 

I’m really starting to hate Google photos. About 1/10 times it actually posts the photo. Usually I click copy then come here and when I tap the post the option to paste doesn’t come up.

 

Finally

 

Impressive to fit all that!