Let's see your exonumia!

Base metal commemorative.

 

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@Circus what's the accepted way to measure a scalloped example? Long edge to edge or the die face edges?

 

I have no idea it never came up before just the total dia

 

Makerfield plowing society award medal 1887

 

I found my soft brass wire brush. That cleaned it up a little better.

 

This Chuck E. is close in age to the Putt-Putt token posted earlier. I remember Putt-Putt fondly, but I don't remember ever being given a token at one. But I was really young, so perhaps my parents handled the token transaction?

 

the reason I asked is some catalogs measure edge to edge. Token Catalog is measuring die face. I like to know EVERYTHING about my tokens to avoid any returns for not as described.

 

I have just a couple of those. My 1983 has the reverse but a totally different obv. I don't collect these so I don't know when they registered their trademark or added the town names.

 

all attributed and measured long edge to long edge...F.O.E. 427 what a fab. find...348 units

 

for a peek at tokens I sell https://www.ebay.com/str/whateverwhenever

 

Just a Specimen. Very reflective.

 

The seller took really good pictures of this coin. So good I couldn't tell the coin was in an acrylic block. I kept it anyway.

 

Seems like a much more stately resting place than a TPG plastic coffin. I like it!

 

concerning the 1861 copy. The CSA 1 cent comes with a storied past https://coinweek.com/us-coins/us-small-cents/1861-confederate-states-america-cent/

 

the 2nd token with the triangle center hole is the Seattle Muni. Railways, signature of D W Henderson Supt. WA780C. Minted between the City of Seattle's acquisition of the Puget Sound Traction, Light and Power Co. in 1919 as a transitional token from the Five Cent Fare to an 8 and 1/3 fare eventually crippling the city owned railway in 1926. The design of the steel 780C and the white metal 780E was obsoleted in 1921. The SMR only ran as school transportation from 1921-26 before the automobile and poor fiscal management tanked the Railway in 1926.

 

Don't see Exo type tokens much, especially Good for 35c. I wish it had some decent wear or a scar or two. Trade tokens, IMO, should look a bit rough, like they got their hands dirty along the way or got into a good fight. They should resemble Johnny Cash when he was kicking not Justin Bieber preening in the mirror.

M/A, 1.4grams, 26mm, aluminum, very heavy die polish on obverse.

 

Here's an 1860 Wide Awakes Token, if you've never heard of them, they were a President Abe Lincoln affiliate. Personally, I don't know much about them at all, other than they're rare! Here's a couple other's I recently added to my collection! Oh, the Brooklyn Bridge Token is a George Soley he minted on or around in 1883! All are seller's pics! Would