Some tokens for the fun of it.

Lastly, a couple more.

 

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It would be interesting if someone had a token that matched one of Dutchman's dies.

 

14th century "Black Death" jeton.:bart:

 

Wish you would tell us the story behind the Black Death token! Country, circumstances, etc.

 

Here's a token I picked up several years ago from Donn Moody a Dover, OH. collector. The name J. Green counterstamped on a Ginger cigarette token probably was issued by Joe Green who operated a bar and restaurant in Dennison, OH.

Bruce

 

Actually two catalogs (Eklund), one for West Virginia, and one for everywhere else. I'm lucky enough to have both of them. One of these days I'll probably have to take up collecting coal scrip.

 

It's Magic:

 

French jeton from 1629 -

 

You have some nice pieces there Ripley. Congratulations.

Bruce

 

Here is the one token I can post. Don't think the mods/peter and youngins would appreaciate my few "Cathouse" tokens from my Navy days.

 

I just experienced a Spanx bra add on this site. I am sure your tokens will be just fine.

 

Above is the reverse. I'm into weightlifting so this token goes into my weightlifting coin collection!
The reverse says "Games of the XXIIIrd Olympiad Loa Angeles 1984 * SCRTD FARE *"
Anyone know what SCRTD FARE is? I'm guessing public transportation?
Couldn't get a good picture to save my life.

 

Those tokens were for fares on the Southern California Rapid Transit District (SCRTD) busses. They were Transist tokens. They issued a set of something like 24 different designs for the Olympics.

 

So do you buy tokens and use them to ride the busses?

Thanks for the info Conder.

 

They sold the tokens for use on the busses and they also sold sets for collectors. I seem to recall there was one error token, but I can't recall what the error was. A mis-spelling I think and I believe a corrected version was also issued.

 

A few for which I can easily access the images:

 

Very nice! I really like the Our Army one.

 

What are those modern tokens (IE: Chuck-e-cheese) actually made of? Copper? Zinc? I'm just curious because you can get quite a few of them for your money since most of the games these days require several tokens to play. I realize most of these places are moving towards a debit-card type of play now, so I wonder what the value of those tokens will be years from now.