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New Member
South Africa
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Hello! I have no idea where to start with this piece.. It has no writting, date or anything except for the obvious number. Any help would be much appreciated! Thank-You in advance!   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
954 Posts |
No clue....sorry.  |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1931 Posts |
could it be a union number token? you know... local no.4461. I am probably way off. It's just a guess
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New Member
 South Africa
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yea..thats the thing...i have no idea where to even START!
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Moderator
 Australia
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It isn't a coin, but a token of some kind. Other, similarly mysterious tokens with numbers and round holes in them have been noted; this thread has another. 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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Pillar of the Community
United States
2540 Posts |
obviously a token of sorts, but to start:
what is the size?
Same as a US cent?
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New Member
South Africa
12 Posts |
no...the same size as a USA half dollar/50c..
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
650 Posts |
Thought I had a pretty good idea right up to you said it was the size of a half dollar. I collect old game machine and slot machine tokens and I have very similar looking tokens from I think the 30s . Mine are closer to the size of a nickle maybe yours is the 50 cent version?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2540 Posts |
now you have us all stumped, apparently.
$1/2 size? That is very unusual.
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Valued Member
Portugal
179 Posts |
This token it is listed in British Machine Tokens by Ralph Hayes 1986 with number 397.16
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1080 Posts |
I also believe this is a gaming machine token. I have 1 or 2 old slot machine tokens that are similar. The number corresponds to the machine or the location, as I recall, so you will see all sorts of different numbers.
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New Member
South Africa
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According to Hern's Handbook on Southern African Tokens, this is a "Hut Tax Token"
Material Brass
Size 30.5mm
Thickness 1.4mm
Edge Smooth
If in VF condition then worth R40
Very common
A smaller 4462 is a variety
An excellent over view on Hut Tax Tokens was written by PG Locke and published in "Heritage of Zimbabwe No 11.1992.
Hut Tax was a feature of British colonial policy at the beginning of the last century. Metal tokens were issued in Southern Rhodesia and Bechuanaland. It seems no metal tokens were issued for The Cape, Natal, Transvaal or Free State. It is not known whether Hut Tax tokens were used in Nyasaland. In Northern Rhodesia a system of tax stamps was employed with varying symbols or emblems being used to represent the year of validity.
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