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Capitola Flour Token

 

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Beer token

 

Here's an interesting one. A pre-Hobby Protection Act restrike reproduction, from the 1950's or 1960's I believe.

Z

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Man, I am so happy to see so many new Token and Medal collectors! It's a blast to see all the new items shown in this thread, it's gotten huge! Here's a number of new ones for me!

 

Picked a few tokens today at a flea market including a Wooden Nickel, an Italian Telephone Token, a NYC Tri-Boro Bridge token, a DC Metro token, a NO CASH VALUE/Eagle token (from where, I have no idea), a WILDWOOD NJ Boardwalk Tram Car token and a PEEP SHOW token from Show World on 42nd St

 

Here's an eclectic mix . . . .

Z

 

Hey Fret,

At the risk of opening . . . .








Have you ever perused this website?

http://tokencatalog.com/index.php

I've been logging a few of my finds lately. I keep a spreadsheet of acquisitions and hyperlink each entry to an existing or new catalog page.

Here is an entry I recently added.

http://tokencatalog.com/token_recor...=511962&attribution_id=622758&record_offset=6

Enjoy the rabbit hole . . .

Z

 

Bradely Lumber & MFG. aluminum, 1.8 grams 28mm, rotated, Ashepoo, South Carolina. I really like towns with unusual sounding names. I thought for sure that Ashepoo had something to do with residue from milling Ash trees, ie bark, sawdust, scraps or whatever lumber folks would consider to be unwanted tree "poo."
Turns out Ashepoo is the name of a small Indian tribe that belong to a larger tribe called the Cusabo. And the name Ashepoo is suppose to mean river dwelling. There is also a nearby Ashepoo River.
Source: Tony Chibbaro--Numismatics of South Carolina Merchant Trade Tokens

 

I always liked the name of Ashtabula from the forks for motocross BMX back in the 70s. Only later did I find out it was a city in NY where they were made.

 

These arrived yesterday

 

Here are the Paramount Pictures tokens and medals, as I mentioned in my post above:

The palace is from the 1935 California Pacific International Exposition which contained a History Of Hollywood exhibit containing Mary Pickford and Charlie Chaplin artifacts. These are the same buildings used on the US struck commemorative half dollar. Still a mystery, is the significance of the sailing ship.

 

Beautiful medal, thank you.

 

I will second that ^^^ . . . .

Z

 

I've haven't seen one reference to these on CT since doing my research.

I'll need to feature it in a thread of it's own. It's huge, coming in at 70mm and weighing 128.5g, it's the largest medal I currently own.

It just arrived today. @dwhiz it even has a couple trains near the top.

Enjoy.

Z

 

I started a thread on this medal of award.
Panama-Pacific international exposition medal | Coin Talk
70mm and 133.8g
Gold plated Bronze
These were the top award for the exhibits at the exposition.

 

Yes, great site and I have a couple or more that I've listed on that site as well. Memory not working too good today, but I've posted at least 2 on that website! Here's a Counter Token I bought before Xmas and I just barely received it today, got it from Lithuania. It's very unusual because it has a copy stamp on the reverse of it. Looks like a Laurer from the Spiel Mark guys but who knows!

 

That COPY stamp is VERY discreet. It took me a minute to find it.

I like . . . . .!

Z

 

Here's a couple more Tokens I got today. In case you don't know it, collecting Tokens and Medals can become extremely addicting! Each time I buy one, I tell myself it'll be my last one! More information on the 1850's Anti-Tobacco Temperance Token below. The Temperance Society used to be huge in the 1800's and beyond!

"George Trask, a Massachusetts minister who founded the American Anti-Tobacco Society in 1850, visited schools around the country and urged young people to take the Band of Hope pledge: "I hereby solemnly promise to abstain from the use of all Intoxicating Liquors as a beverage; I also promise to abstain from the use of Tobacco in all forms, and all Profane Language." In the 1890s Lucy Page Gaston adopted a similar strategy, leading boys and girls in the Clean Life Pledge: "I hereby pledge myself with the help of God to abstain from all intoxicating liquors as a beverage and from the use of tobacco in any form."

 

A temperance (?) token I have had for some time. Appears to have been gilded at one time.