Great Lakes Naval Training Center Token

To participate in the forum you must log in or register.

Author	Replies: 3 / Views: 54
ljs_piper New Member United States 2 Posts	Posted Today 4H 47M ago I was at the Great Lakes Naval Training Center in the mid-1970s and picked up these tokens. I'm not sure what they were used for; one internet post says they were movie tokens, and I can believe that. But even back then, I liked to keep unique coin items around, so I've had these stashed away. Has anyone seen similar tokens from other military bases? Edited by ljs_piper Today 4H 40M ago Report this Post to the Staff

Sap Moderator Australia 16881 Posts	Posted Today 2H 46M ago These kinds of "mess hall tokens" were very popular in the US military in the 1970s, both in foreign deployments and at home bases. It's my understanding that they had various uses including as canteen currency but a common use, especially for tokens with no face value noted on them, was for pinball/arcade/amusement machines. 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 Report this Post to the Staff
ljs_piper New Member United States 2 Posts	Posted Today 49M ago It's possible I have a slight memory of getting these from some vending machine to be used in the arcade machines in the barracks. It's been a long time, so I'm not sure how genuine the memory is, but as soon as I read your comment, I could almost see it. Report this Post to the Staff
Dearborn Moderator United States 99180 Posts	Posted Today 23M ago nice tokens - what are the dimensions and weight of these and what are they made of? Collecting since 1972. Learning from then on "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." - Benjamin Franklin 7070 type set coin count: 51/76 Uncirculated American Silver Eagles My American Silver Eagle Proof Collection Sacagawea Dollars Innovation Dollars Eisenhower-Dollars Kennedy-Half Dollars Washington-Quarters Roosevelt-Dimes Buffalo-Nickels 1938-2005 Jefferson-Nickels Lincoln-Cents Report this Post to the Staff
	Replies: 3 / Views: 54

To participate in the forum you must log in or register.

All Forums Category: General Numismatic Forums Forum: Tokens, Medals, Challenge Coins, and other Exonumia

The First Dollar, your premier source for bullion and rare coins. See our bullion list on the site and the coin inventory on ebay.

Silver Gold Bull US is the United States leading bullion dealer. We deliver gold coins, gold bars, silver coins, silver bars and precious metals to your door. Order today!

View Last 100 New Topics

View Last 100 Active Topics

Disclaimer: While a tremendous amount of effort goes into ensuring the accuracy of the information contained in this site, Coin Community assumes no liability for errors. Copyright 2005 - 2026 Coin Community Family- all rights reserved worldwide. Use of any images or content on this website without prior written permission of Coin Community or the original lender is strictly prohibited.
Contact Us | Advertise Here | Privacy Policy / Terms of Use

Coin Community Forum

It took 0.22 seconds to rattle this change.