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<p>[QUOTE="Clinker, post: 479490, member: 6229"]<font size="5"><font size="2">You, who collect tokens, know many tokens were issued by banks and businesses as a substitute for coins during periods of coin scarcity. </font></font></p><p><font size="5"><br /></font></p><p><font size="5"><font size="2">Coin scarcity is the reason for this 1835 Prince Edward Island token:</font></font></p><p><font size="5"><br /></font></p><p><font size="5"><font size="2">(Photo and text courtesy of coinarchives.com):</font></font></p><p><font size="5"><br /></font></p><p><font size="5"><font size="2"><a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=550547&AucID=395&Lot=74339" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=550547&AucID=395&Lot=74339" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=550547&AucID=395&Lot=74339</a></font></font></p><p><font size="5"><br /></font></p><p><font size="5"><br /></font></p><p><font size="5"><font size="2">Nice example isn't it? Do you have any tokens in your numismatic collection?</font></font></p><p><font size="5"><br /></font></p><p><font size="5"><font size="2">And what about this Token of Nova Scotia?</font></font></p><p><font size="5"><br /></font></p><p><font size="5"><font size="2"><a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=499329&AucID=364&Lot=50743" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=499329&AucID=364&Lot=50743" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=499329&AucID=364&Lot=50743</a></font></font></p><p><font size="5"><br /></font></p><p><font size="5"><br /></font></p><p><font size="5"><font size="2">And this New Zealand specimen?</font></font></p><p><font size="5"><br /></font></p><p><font size="5"><font size="2"><a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=600735&AucID=437&Lot=647" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=600735&AucID=437&Lot=647" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=600735&AucID=437&Lot=647</a></font></font></p><p><font size="5"><br /></font></p><p><font size="5"><br /></font></p><p><font size="5"><font size="2">And this token from Algiers?</font></font></p><p><font size="5"><br /></font></p><p><font size="5"><font size="2"><a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=281016&AucID=204&Lot=3297" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=281016&AucID=204&Lot=3297" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=281016&AucID=204&Lot=3297</a></font></font></p><p><font size="5"><br /></font></p><p><font size="5"><br /></font></p><p><font size="5"><font size="2">And here's a favorite of mine (I don't own one) from Cuba:</font></font></p><p><font size="5"><br /></font></p><p><font size="5"><font size="2"><a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=299796&AucID=219&Lot=4940" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=299796&AucID=219&Lot=4940" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=299796&AucID=219&Lot=4940</a></font></font></p><p><font size="5"><br /></font></p><p><font size="5"><br /></font></p><p><font size="5"><font size="2">And what do you think about this New Brunswick specimen?</font></font></p><p><font size="5"><br /></font></p><p><font size="5"><font size="2"><a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=493002&AucID=361&Lot=12809" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=493002&AucID=361&Lot=12809" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=493002&AucID=361&Lot=12809</a></font></font></p><p><font size="5"><br /></font></p><p><font size="5"><br /></font></p><p><font size="5"><font size="2">Because I know you are going to point out the wide spread use of transportation tokens, I am finishing this Trivia post with a transportation token from Ketchikan, Alaska which was good toward the fare of the Northern Bus Company or the O.J. White Cab Company.</font></font></p><p><font size="5"><br /></font></p><p><font size="5"><font size="2"><a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=587087&AucID=426&Lot=3386" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=587087&AucID=426&Lot=3386" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=587087&AucID=426&Lot=3386</a></font></font></p><p><font size="5"><br /></font></p><p><font size="5"><br /></font></p><p><font size="5"><font size="2">Let me know if you enjoyed this trivia on tokens...</font></font></p><p><font size="5"><br /></font></p><p><font size="5"><font size="2">Clinker - <a href="http://clinker.bravehost.com/funpage.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://clinker.bravehost.com/funpage.html" rel="nofollow">http://clinker.bravehost.com/funpage.html</a></font></font></p><p><font size="5"> </font></p><p><font size="5"></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Clinker, post: 479490, member: 6229"][SIZE=5][SIZE=2]You, who collect tokens, know many tokens were issued by banks and businesses as a substitute for coins during periods of coin scarcity. [/SIZE] [SIZE=2] [/SIZE] [SIZE=2]Coin scarcity is the reason for this 1835 Prince Edward Island token:[/SIZE] [SIZE=2] [/SIZE] [SIZE=2](Photo and text courtesy of coinarchives.com):[/SIZE] [SIZE=2] [/SIZE] [SIZE=2][URL]http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=550547&AucID=395&Lot=74339[/URL][/SIZE] [SIZE=2][/SIZE] [SIZE=2] [/SIZE] [SIZE=2]Nice example isn't it? Do you have any tokens in your numismatic collection?[/SIZE] [SIZE=2] [/SIZE] [SIZE=2]And what about this Token of Nova Scotia?[/SIZE] [SIZE=2] [/SIZE] [SIZE=2][URL]http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=499329&AucID=364&Lot=50743[/URL][/SIZE] [SIZE=2][/SIZE] [SIZE=2] [/SIZE] [SIZE=2]And this New Zealand specimen?[/SIZE] [SIZE=2] [/SIZE] [SIZE=2][URL]http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=600735&AucID=437&Lot=647[/URL][/SIZE] [SIZE=2][/SIZE] [SIZE=2] [/SIZE] [SIZE=2]And this token from Algiers?[/SIZE] [SIZE=2] [/SIZE] [SIZE=2][URL]http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=281016&AucID=204&Lot=3297[/URL][/SIZE] [SIZE=2][/SIZE] [SIZE=2] [/SIZE] [SIZE=2]And here's a favorite of mine (I don't own one) from Cuba:[/SIZE] [SIZE=2] [/SIZE] [SIZE=2][URL]http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=299796&AucID=219&Lot=4940[/URL][/SIZE] [SIZE=2][/SIZE] [SIZE=2] [/SIZE] [SIZE=2]And what do you think about this New Brunswick specimen?[/SIZE] [SIZE=2] [/SIZE] [SIZE=2][URL]http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=493002&AucID=361&Lot=12809[/URL][/SIZE] [SIZE=2][/SIZE] [SIZE=2] [/SIZE] [SIZE=2]Because I know you are going to point out the wide spread use of transportation tokens, I am finishing this Trivia post with a transportation token from Ketchikan, Alaska which was good toward the fare of the Northern Bus Company or the O.J. White Cab Company.[/SIZE] [SIZE=2] [/SIZE] [SIZE=2][URL]http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=587087&AucID=426&Lot=3386[/URL][/SIZE] [SIZE=2][/SIZE] [SIZE=2] [/SIZE] [SIZE=2]Let me know if you enjoyed this trivia on tokens...[/SIZE] [SIZE=2] [/SIZE] [SIZE=2]Clinker - [URL]http://clinker.bravehost.com/funpage.html[/URL][/SIZE] [/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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