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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 1809445, member: 68&quot;]I don&#039;t know how I missed this. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>A collection of these would have some limited value and could be valuable depending on whether or not there are scarcities.&nbsp; But an accumulation is very unlikely to have anything of much interest and will probably sell at about 4c each.&nbsp; A collection might bring 15c each and a coillection focused on single krewes with scarcities and off-metal could go for several dollars each if a buyer can be found. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>There are only several dozen collectors of these and most seenm to stick with common items.&nbsp; There are specific throws that have a much wider interest than just Mardi Gras collectors and there&#039;s competition for them.&nbsp; There&#039;s a soap token for instance that gets snapped up pretty quick for $15 or more when it appears because there are three or four hundred soap token collectors. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I&#039;m surprised&nbsp; the beer tokens don&#039;t do a lot better because it&#039;s an extensive collection and there are lots of beer token collectors. For some reason they seem to avoid the Mardi Gras tokens. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I think in time some of these will do much better since supply is not huge and there&#039;s lots of potential demand.&nbsp; Some of these are extremely attractive with beautiful designs and colors.&nbsp; There will always be a lot of common and unloved throws however so even accymulations will often be of little interest.&nbsp; I can&#039;t see these beconming widely popular. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>They&#039;re easy to store and collect.&nbsp; I keep mine by krewes or issuing authorities in 1 1/2&quot; x 1 1/2&quot; pages.&nbsp; They slip in quite easily so only cost about a penny each to display.&nbsp; Removing them to add more specimens is a little more difficult and will wear out all your fingers unless you make a tool to push them out.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>You can buy hoards for only a few cents each and trade to make a fairly good sized collection. Most of the ones that list over 50c have to be purchased.&nbsp; I&#039;ve run into the very rare silver versions for melt several times so keep your eyes open.&nbsp; Most of these have mintages of a dozen or fewer and attrition must be high if they&#039;re selling for melt.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>It&#039;s a cheap hobby if you have the time.&nbsp; I really enjoy the concept of scarcity or rarity for pennies.&nbsp; Throw in beauty and desirability and it&#039;s a no-brainer.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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