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<p>[QUOTE="fretboard, post: 8338168, member: 19765"]When I was around 10-12 my Grandfather was retired but he took a part-time job working at a laundromat and he would show me his findings from the washing machine traps. Not the coins so much but what really caught my interest was the Tokens and Medals! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Although I don't have anything from him anymore because I was ripped off for the collection I got from him, one of the Tokens he showed me was like the one pictured below which is from the 1920's. Needless to say, I was hooked! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie101" alt=":woot:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> The timeframe was the early 1960's as my Grandfather passed away in 1963. Every time I come across a Token or Medal that's in the style that he shared with me, it brings back memories, my best memories! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie80" alt=":shame:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> ----------The Token below is from the Victory Sparkler Company which was sued into the poor house due to a young mans death. Linked below!</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://casetext.com/case/victory-sparkler-co-v-gilbert" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://casetext.com/case/victory-sparkler-co-v-gilbert" rel="nofollow">https://casetext.com/case/victory-sparkler-co-v-gilbert</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1478379[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1478380[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="fretboard, post: 8338168, member: 19765"]When I was around 10-12 my Grandfather was retired but he took a part-time job working at a laundromat and he would show me his findings from the washing machine traps. Not the coins so much but what really caught my interest was the Tokens and Medals! :D Although I don't have anything from him anymore because I was ripped off for the collection I got from him, one of the Tokens he showed me was like the one pictured below which is from the 1920's. Needless to say, I was hooked! :woot: The timeframe was the early 1960's as my Grandfather passed away in 1963. Every time I come across a Token or Medal that's in the style that he shared with me, it brings back memories, my best memories! :shame: ----------The Token below is from the Victory Sparkler Company which was sued into the poor house due to a young mans death. Linked below! [URL]https://casetext.com/case/victory-sparkler-co-v-gilbert[/URL] [ATTACH=full]1478379[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1478380[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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