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And the last one #9   |
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If someone can help me with identification. This will be nice.
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#1: As you have apparently already found out over on the Antik-War forum, the three men pictured are the leaders of the three Baltic States when they seceded from the USSR in 1991. In this more recent thread on that same forum, you can see a couple more examples of this medal - and it is a medal, not a token, since both examples on that newer thread have little loops attached for wearing on a chain. I assume it was some kind of patriotic pro-secession souvenir made and sold in Lithuania. #6 is a "generic" amusement token, sold to customers who did not want to pay extra to have tokens made specially for them. The little "RWM" you can see on both sides is the mintmark for Roger Williams Mint, in America. #7 is a military canteen token, for use in US bases in Germany. This website (ironically, in Russian) has two similar tokens, one from the "Eifel Area" and one from the "Hessen Area". Scroll all the way down to numbers 59 and 60. On the same website, you'll also find your token #4. #8: the word is "Spiel", German for "play" or "game". So it's safe to assume this one was made in Germany. 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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Most of these tokens are used in lunapark automats. I have seen for certain your tokens nr. 2,3, 4,5 and 6 in such automats.   |
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#1: As you have apparently already found out over on the Antik-War forum, the three men pictured are the leaders of the three Baltic States when they seceded from the USSR in 1991. In this more recent thread on that same forum, you can see a couple more examples of this medal - and it is a medal, not a token, since both examples on that newer thread have little loops attached for wearing on a chain. I assume it was some kind of patriotic pro-secession souvenir made and sold in Lithuania. I was know about this three people, but I don't know nothing about using this token (sorry medal, now I understand wgat it is a medal) But why do you think "sold in Lithuania"? On this medal you can see a Latvian monument of freedom was build in Riga in 1935 |
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The Circus Circus token may be from the old Las Vegas Circus Circus casino (not the current one) - but is not a gaming chip, it would have been a token from the kids arcade. The font on "Circus Circus" appears nearly identical to the font used on their mid-70's gaming chips, and still very similar to their new logo. I also see a Novomatic International identical to #2 listed on ebay as being an American amusement coin from the 1950's, but not sure if that's accurate or not. |
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But why do you think "sold in Lithuania"? On this medal you can see a Latvian monument of freedom was build in Riga in 1935 I'm just guessing, based on Google telling me the language is Lithuanian; I would assume the medal originated in the country whose language it features. 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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Quote:#1 remembrance of the Restoration of Independence of Lithuania Did you post your token here?: http://www.kladoiskatel.care.lv/vie...0415&start=0http://baltija.livejournal.com/ : March 11th is another important date in the modern history of Lithuania. On that day in 1990, the Supreme Council of the Lithuanian SSR approved the Lithuanian Independence Resoration Act (look up http://www.lrs.lt/datos/kovo11/aktas.htm for its copy). Although it was not the de facto independence and Lithuania got it only in 1991 - after bloody January fights in Vilnius, exactly today the 24th anniversary of the Restoration of Independence of Lithuania will be officially celebrated (see, e.g., http://day.lt/sventes/straipsniai/n...es_atkurimas for more information). Long live the State of Lithuania! And congratulations to all the persons related and involved! Yes, first link this is my post. But if you can understand language you will see - this theme still don't has an answer. For your information in 1991 all Baltic countries get their independence and USSR agree that in 6 Sep 1991. Boris Yeltsin has highest medal of Latvia for that in 2006. Before that, in January 1991 in Baltic States was another situation. Latvia has a commemorative coin about that called "January 1991" http://www.bank.lv/en/money/coin-co...january-1991This is information from Latvian Bank you can read it. I want to tell you there was not only Lithuania, also Latvia & Estonia in the same time. Just think why on "Lithuanian medal"(as you told) was Latvian monument of freedom? |
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Thank you for your opinion, but I didn't see any proof of "Lithuanian" version. By the way in Latvian language (not Lithuanian) the word "Baltija" (like on the medal) exist and means "Baltic"  |
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I found it! I'm about #1 token. On the one side of medal - there are 3 men: Arnold Rüütel (Estonia), Anatolijs Gorbunovs (Latvia), Vytautas Landsbergis (Lithuania) and three stars sign (This stars means Latvian regions in past and Order of the Three Stars). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order..._Three_StarsOther side - inscription Baltija-90 on Latvian, Monument of freedom in Riga In Riga in 1990 was a meeting of this Baltic leaders. This medal dedicate to this meeting This is Latvian medal Edited by MedveD
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