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i was wondering if anyone could tell me anything about this token. I found it in the the garden in the 1980's Melbourne , Australia. possibly dropped on the ground when the house was being built.
it has in latin: DEPRESSIO MUTABON and on the other side ANXIETAS MUTABON. seems to made of copper. 2.5mm thick and 29mm wide.
 
thankyou for your time Edited by Sap
06/15/2008 04:13 am
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Out of curiosity, I did a quick Google search, and Mutabon turns out to be an anti-depressant medication.
I can only guess the token was an ad for this medication, left as a sales call reminder with physicians.
A closeup might provide more clues as to age from the style of token.
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United States
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The other two word, depression and anxiety, fit right in with it being a sales gimic for that drug.
Ribbit :)
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Australia
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anyone care to guess how old it is or its dollar value?
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Australia
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Impossible to tell either. The company that manufactures the drug, Schering-Plough, was formed by merger in 1971, but that doesn't necessarily offer an earliest date; either of the parent companies may have been making this drug under this name before the merger. The tricyclic antidepressant amitriptyline contained in Mutabon has been around since 1961, which gives a definite earliest possible date.
As for dollar value, it probably isn't very high; there aren't too many people actively collecting such pieces. It would be of more interest to Australian collectors if we could be sure it was made here in Australia, but unless there's a maker's name in really tiny lettering somewhere on the medal, we won't know. Advertising pieces of this kind from the latter half of the 20th century normally wind up in a coin dealer's $2 bargain bin.
Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Australia
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no, there is no makers mark on it.
thanks for that Sap. after 20 years of holding on to this coin my curiosity has been answered!
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United States
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Really? I see more questions. Welcome to da forum!  And chocolate coins. If I ever get past that one problem, I'll collect them, too.
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United States
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Wow, how did I miss this one! As a pharmacist I've seen everything from office supplies to cookies and children's toys used to market drugs. I've never seen a medal though.
The drug in question is actually a combination antipsychotic and antidepressant. Medical literature regarding the use of these medications in combination to treat mixed anxiety and depression was first published in 1963. By the early '80s this type of combination therapy began to loose popularity due to questionable efficacy. Given this information, I'd bet that the coin was probably made in the late '60s or early '70s when the drug first hit the market.
267 different coin issuing entities in my collection...and counting.
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United States
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Wow, how did I miss this one! As a pharmacist I've seen everything from office supplies to cookies and children's toys used to market drugs. I've never seen a medal though. Hey snowman, did yah see my earlier post with the "The Drug Co, Inc: token images? They've been doing it since the 1930's? http://www.coincommunity.com/forum/...PIC_ID=31294
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Australia
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Hi there
I have one of these coins that was given to me by our family doctor in the late 60's.We lived in Cunnamulla in western Queensland at the time and this particular coin is mounted in a cube of resin.any history would be nice to have.
thankyou and hope this helps someone else work out where they came from,Tracy
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Wow, how did I miss this one! As a pharmacist I've seen everything from office supplies to cookies and children's toys used to market drugs. I've never seen a medal though. Snowman, "Medicina in Numismatics" was at one time a very popular area of collecting, everything from medals to Dahlburg Radio token issued by hospitals for patients to listen to "pay radio" back in the day. There are actually books writen on the subject. ~ Jim
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Australia
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Hmmm. Two known medals of this kind, and both have appeared in Australia; it sounds like it might indeed be a locally-made piece. I'll ask around the local coin clubs to see if they know any further details.
Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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