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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Blue Lue Boyle, post: 2225881, member: 75509&quot;]Good morning, folks.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks in advance for any insight, everyone seems so knowledgeable on this site, much appreciated. I hope to get there someday, too, then I can do more than ask questions <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I have a bunch of tokens from different states/towns...most are from the 1960&#039;s, and although each one bears the name/depiction of a different event, they ALL commemorate something apparently meaningful to the particular state/town.</p><p><br /></p><p>They&#039;re golden colored, but I&#039;m certain it&#039;s just a base metal.</p><p><br /></p><p>On the back of each coin, there is language along the lines of &quot;Souvenir coin&quot; or &quot;token coin&quot; and also &quot;good for 50 cents in trade&quot;...&quot;redeemable at &lt;insert town/office name&gt;&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>I know, these coins aren&#039;t legal tender today, but I guess they were exchangeable for goods at specific locations back in the day, I don&#039;t know. </p><p><br /></p><p>I included the obverse/reverse of one of the tokens&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Just curious if anyone has any history about these types of souvenir/token coins in general, as it seems that a lot of towns made these during the 1960&#039;s to commemorate certain events, but I haven&#039;t really found a great deal about their origin.&nbsp; Did people back then actually use these as currency?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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