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<p>[QUOTE="Circus, post: 4298337, member: 51195"]First thing is sellers of the flea-bay and other site may know nothing about the age of the token. I would have to say that any or most aluminum tokens date from the early 1900/190* when it came down in price to produce.</p><p>It became a favorite of the do die work due to it had cheaper production costs, dies lasted longer, you didn't need to have harder face dies, no annealing of the blanks, and higher speeds of stamping. There are few high dollar tokens made from aluminum. also look at the CW's and HT's tokens I know little about either but I haven't seen many/any of either, out of aluminum.</p><p>Counterfeiting is generally low investment high dollar return The good for and other tokens from that time period, aren't High dollar or high sellers. As the collecxtors for them are thinning out at a rapid rate. </p><p>Most younger people could care less, If they have an interest all they do is google images and they will get all they want for free. As with most collectibles the numbers of collectors is down and prices depressed. case in point my father collected placte bocks and full sheets of stamps. Had $1,000 up of them prices are down anybody still buying with the large stamp house and their 1,000's of sheets.</p><p>25% of face value is the lowest and 30% the highest I have found. The is a ready market for stamp on flea-bay for those prices for postage. Which I am currently using them for The owner of this site also has a stamp forum which I'm a member which I posted some interesting items. I haven't started selling them yet.</p><p><br /></p><p>The other reason for aluminum was a lot of the billiard table makers payed for the tokens of the saloons and parlors.</p><p>maybe Harley and others came chime in on the subject, along with a mod splitting this off into it's own thread.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Circus, post: 4298337, member: 51195"]First thing is sellers of the flea-bay and other site may know nothing about the age of the token. I would have to say that any or most aluminum tokens date from the early 1900/190* when it came down in price to produce. It became a favorite of the do die work due to it had cheaper production costs, dies lasted longer, you didn't need to have harder face dies, no annealing of the blanks, and higher speeds of stamping. There are few high dollar tokens made from aluminum. also look at the CW's and HT's tokens I know little about either but I haven't seen many/any of either, out of aluminum. Counterfeiting is generally low investment high dollar return The good for and other tokens from that time period, aren't High dollar or high sellers. As the collecxtors for them are thinning out at a rapid rate. Most younger people could care less, If they have an interest all they do is google images and they will get all they want for free. As with most collectibles the numbers of collectors is down and prices depressed. case in point my father collected placte bocks and full sheets of stamps. Had $1,000 up of them prices are down anybody still buying with the large stamp house and their 1,000's of sheets. 25% of face value is the lowest and 30% the highest I have found. The is a ready market for stamp on flea-bay for those prices for postage. Which I am currently using them for The owner of this site also has a stamp forum which I'm a member which I posted some interesting items. I haven't started selling them yet. The other reason for aluminum was a lot of the billiard table makers payed for the tokens of the saloons and parlors. maybe Harley and others came chime in on the subject, along with a mod splitting this off into it's own thread.[/QUOTE]
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