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Picked up 3 Hawai'i school lunch tokens.
Honokaa School Free Lunch
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Wailuku Jr. High School - Good for one 5¢ lunch
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Waimea Jr. High School - Cafeteria Good for 5¢
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Thanks for sharing!

Were these tokens all contemporaries? Was "5 Cents" essentially the same value as "Free" in terms of getting lunch?



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Picked up 3 Hawai'i school lunch tokens.
Nice set!
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commems, I believe that these are all more or less contemporaries - probably from the 1920s. The Wailuku one is from December 1921 or before; the Waimea is from after 12/21. I do not have a date for the Honokaa token.
5¢ seems to have been the basic price for many years. The following article was my source of information.

https://thehawaiiananumismatist.com...unch-tokens/
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Image from my NGC registry write-up on my research and collection.

https://coins.www.collectors-societ...aspx?s=12054


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Excellent, DrDarryl! Your article documenting these medals on your NGC Registry page is outstanding!
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Presidential Art's "Statehood Art Medal"
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Artist: Ralph J. Menconi. http://medallicartcollector.com/ral...ography.html
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Fantastic medal, Captain!
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1996 Gold Royal Hawaiian Mint Repunched Date (RPD) error.

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1997 Gold Royal Hawaiian Mint Repunched Date (RPD) error.



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