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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;harley bissell, post: 3300922, member: 88212&quot;]A lot of these nickel size tokens were made for pinball machines around Minnesota. The primary maker was Northwestern Stamp Works in Minneapolis. When the minter was setting up his dies he would use a previously made token. Sometimes it had a blank back sometimes they would flatten a previous design. This step allowed him to check his spelling, setting and strike. If the resulting token was legible it was frequently tossed into&nbsp; the new order. They are relatively scarce but some purists consider them to be damaged. Others think of them as rare varieties. I like to display them with a perfect version on one side; the overstrike in the middle and a perfect version of the flattened token on the right. Undamaged specimens are valued at 25c in the 1984 catalog. They easily sell for $1 to $2.50 current retail.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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