Let's see your exonumia!

That's a bummer.

 

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It's been a while since I posted something here, and it's been a while since I purchased anything new so here's something old.


FL390b, Patrick AFB, Florida; brass, 35mm, Cunningham Vol I, pg. 83.

Patrick AFB is still operational today as part of United States Space Command. They manage all uncrewed rockets at Cape Canaveral AFS which launches satellites into orbit for the various intelligence agencies, NASA, NOAA, and European Space Agency. The base was originally part of the Navy from 1940 - 1947 when it was placed into caretaker status. After creation of the Air Force, the base was transferred to the Air Force in 1948 and was known as Joint Long Range Proving Ground. Joint Long Range Proving Ground was renamed in 1950 for Major General Mason Patrick who died in 1942. He led early efforts in 1926 to have a semi-independent Air Corps branch of the Army created, similar to the Navy's Marine Corps branch.



Patrick AFB has a long history of being a missile research site, going back to 1951. Other wings have operated out of the base including search and rescue and reconnaissance. The Air Force Reserve Force 920th Rescue Wing calls Patrick AFB home and they currently operate HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters.

 

Yes, I think they intended for it to be an X but messed up the date aligment. If I put it in the flip as an X the date is rotated. I put it in the flip as a cross then the reverse is rotated. They did something wrong.

 

Sadly, that may be the eventual fate for many local coin clubs and print publications.

 

Love those Lincoln plaquettes...are they plaquettes @ldhair ? What are the sizes of the two you've posted?

 

The bronze is about 2.5" x 3.5". The silver is about 2" x 3"

 

Oh, and it was silver, nice! I assumed it was pewter.

 

What keeps bugging me about this is the way the rotation on the reverse is the exact amount as the rotation would be going from a cross to a X. If I form a X with the medal the reverse is perfect. Whether they intended the obverse to be a X or not I believe it was struck as a X by accident and the reverse giving a medal alignment to it. But when you look at it, you're going to look at it as a cross so that the date lines up correctly. Then the reverse is rotated. Sorry if I am over analyzing this but mysteries bug me.

 

Just what the guy or gal running the press hope for to mess with collectors minds years in the future! I think every one has had something similar at some point.

 

The Navy used to have this wooden grounding pole with wires and alligator clips on it to ground out capacitors.
But it also had a small flashlight bulb in the middle just sitting in a hole that was drilled into the wood. No one knew what this lightbulb was for. The Chief said someone was just playing with everyone. Some thirty years later I was telling my father about it. He once worked for Sperrys on fire control radars and they had the same thing. The idea was that the light bulb would light up if there was radiation present. He didn't know if it actually worked or not but that was the idea behind the mystery light bulb.

 

I've had this token for a while and to me it is interesting because of it's possible illegality of the token in Chicago.

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces58263.html

 

Zip code? Beaverdam, VA.

 

They are slot/mint, candy, gum machine tokens, with the vending component the didn't qualify as gambling devices. With the hole in them when replayed they didn't qualify for additional gum etc. Some had the name of the operator, vending company or business. The ones withe the numbers which can go from 0 to 35,000 and higher same deal they are the operators, business, or machine numbers. They date from 1890's to 1940's. And they were pretty much illegal most places towards the end. They aren't worth alot due to the fact there are so many of them around they can be found from .25¢ to $1.00, scarcer ones .50¢ to $2.00

 

5¢ token.

 

Anybody want to take a guess what this is?



Hint: It's about 10" in diameter, and made of plaster.