Let's see your exonumia!

Very interesting piece! I just discovered that I can upload an image to google search, so I did that with this one. Did not find it though. Maybe circus or some other exonumia person will have an idea.

 

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That's a nice token, lowle. Do you know when it was issued?

Bruce

 

There is some very cool exonumia on here. Here are a couple of WW1 medals of mine. I think the Winged Victory face looks a bit like the Joker.

 

@BRandM M not sure about the issue date. Am getting some more references next week that will help identify that....

 

Thanks, lowle.

Bruce

 

iPad. Click on delayed loaded page, click, and no tellin' where ya' end up.

Doesn't explain duplication tho' ... ?

 

according to records from the Fare Box 1986 "the F. Thomas was built in 1936 and was the flagship of the Thomas familys' small fleet of ferrys. Dave Thomas, decided to have 1000 tokens minted only for use on the F.Thomas that bore the family name, while the rest of the fleet continued using tickets with the Ferry name printed on them". So the answer, inconclusive .....but it seems that there was just the one minting. At its heyday the F. Thomas had between 1200 and 1800 car fares per day and up to 3000 standing fares. So 1000 tokens would be an appropriate number on hand.The boat was dismantled in 1968. Her whistle sit in the Ferryboat Museum in Marietta and the engines were donated to the Ohio State Museum at Columbus.[from the Atwood-Coffee Fourth Ed. Vol. two]

 

Many thanks for the great history behind the token, lowle. Makes collecting more interesting for me when you know something about one you have. I'm kind of a research nut so investigate nearly everything I add to my collection. I'ts a lot of fun.

Bruce

 

Pick up a free 1/2 pint with this Hog Penny Pub Token. Hogs. Pennies. Pubs. Three great things that belong together. This is a nice advertising piece, obviously not intended to fool collectors. It's undated, but I'm told it was made in the 1950s or 60s.



There is nothing rare or remarkable about the token below, but I love it's look. As is clearly visible, the owners of the pet lion wisely put a muzzle on him before going for a walk.

 

I'm glad you still got a free 1/2 pint. It looks like the offer was good only in 1696

Cheers,

Bruce

 

Quincy Railway Company-One Fare-(Ill.) was chartered in 1912 as successor to the Quincy Horse Railways and Carrying Co. Stock control was in the hands of Illinois Traction hence the "IT" in the center...I had a "book value" bid @$35 but bidding stopped at $14.50 my bingo!!!!
JC Panzera Bus Line Uniontown PA930B fiber composition..no mintage history $3
Lexington NC City Bus Lines NC560A fiber ...used only 1943-1944 until metal tokens became available post war...$3
I have a once in a lifetime invite to Florida to cherry pick this collection I have been purchasing from lately. In other words let the serious fun begin...

 

1837-1962 Sherbrooke Coin Exchange 125th Anniversary 25 Cent Trade Token- this coin has such great colour and texture.

 

This one showed up today, from England. From what I can find online, it is probably from Racine, WI, USA and appears to have been gilded at some time in the past. That old gilding is more evident in hand than in these pictures. Nice big coin, about 31.5 mm D.

 

This Phila-Camden ferry was labeled HUB TOKEN...Im not familiar with this term. Thoughts?

 

Called that due to the hub around the hole on one side