Terrific Token Thursday! Post yours as well.....

Hello all Token Heads! It's "Terrific Token Thursday!". A place to post your Tokens of any kind.
Here are a couple of examples....
Have a Great Thursday all!
Stay warm and safe.

 

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Many tokens are terrific because they're individualistic in some way, even quirky.
This one commemorates their 24th anniversary; not their 25th anniversary but their 24th.

 

I like quirky ...

 

This one is on the way to me

 

I picked up something over the summer from a 1984 Canadian Numismatic Association convention in Hamilton. It was in near perfect condition.

 

This one just came in the mail yesterday.

 

This token is a doubled die.

 

I have a ton of tokens!
Here are 5

 

This strawberry grower reused a nearby fair's 25 cent tickets as pickers' tickets. I think it's pretty neat to own a 130 year old piece of cardboard!

 

Here's some I finished photographing recently.




Unfortunately Lillie's Saloon is a reproduction.

 

Here's a Die Clash.

 

1935 tax tokens.

 

Bank of Lower Canada Bank Token, 2 sous/1 penny, 1837. Rather worn, but the only one I have.

 

I have one of those. I like Canadian pre-confederation tokens. This is the Habitant token, showing a classic image of a French-Canadian farmer in traditional winter clothing, holding a whip, though, to me, he looks under dressed for Quebec's winter. These "semi-regal" tokens were approved by the colonial government and impressively stayed in use for over 60 years.


On the back, a group of heraldic flowers is surrounded by the phrase "Concordia Salus" (the Bank of Montreal's motto.) "Well-being through harmony", is the English translation. It first appeared on Montreal's CoA in 1833, and it is still there today.


And one from upper Canada.

 

Token collectors have driven the prices for the "Good for a Scent" token to the moon. Here's one that is even more interesting because it has great images on both sides. The "salamander token" is quite scarce with perhaps 15 or so examples known.



Here is a salamander press, and no, I don't own it.



I do have an "lion press" however.