A Continuing Thread ~ Post Your Tokens, Medals, Exonumia Acquisitions

Fisher Lumber Company - Wisner, LA
From Crawford and Farber, Louisiana Trade Tokens, 2nd Ed.:
"A branch of Fisher Body Corporation of Memphis, TN (and subsequently General Motors), this company was in business from about 1926 to 1939. Branches operated in Ferriday* (1927 to 1940) and Wilmer (from 1935 to the mid-1950s)."
25¢: 27 mm; 50¢: 32 mm
R10. The 25¢ has a worn signature on the obverse, but these tokens rarely come up for sale.
*The small town of Ferriday, LA (2020 population: 3189) is notable as being the birthplace of Jerry Lee Lewis, Mickey Gilley, and Jimmy Swaggert.

Presidential Art Medals: 1.5 inch Bronze, JFK Memorial Medal. Design (c) 1963, Ralph J. Menconi.

See Hondo Boguss' excellent write up on this item here: https://www.coincommunity.com/forum...y_ID=3916180

Nice one ctpbilly!

Medallic Art, Ralph J. Menconi, 1969, Inaugural Medal of Richard Nixon.
From the medal brochure: "The obverse bears not the usual profile but a three-quarter view of the President. The reverse features a sculptured rendering of a crewelwork pattern of the Great Seal of the United States, embroidered by President Nixon's daughter, Julie, as an election-night surprise. Beneath the Seal is the wording: "To RN - JN." "
I'm not an inuaugural medal afficionado; just found this to be a well-executed portrait in bronze. . .

Commemorating the September 28, 1974, opening of the "Teatro-Museo Dali" in his hometown of Figueres, Catalonia, Spain.

Excellent trio!

There are no words to describe the brutality inflicted on inmates at Parchman Farm. The following article mainly addresses the mistreatment of the Freedom Riders of the Civil Rights Movement who were imprisoned there.
I'm ambivalent about assembling this set.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missi...Penitentiary

Luzianne Tea 5¢ Token - circa late 1930's. Brass, 32mm. Also struck in aluminum, although much rarer.



In 1902, William B. Reily relocated his wholesale grocery business from Monroe, Louisiana, to New Orleans and shifted his focus to specialize in blending, packaging and distributing coffee and tea. It was the birth of the Luzianne® brand.

In the 1930s, recognizing the popularity of iced tea as a way to beat the heat, Mr. Reily created a new blend that maintained its flavor, color and clarity when poured over ice. Our now-famous Luzianne® Iced Tea was one of the first teas ever blended specially for iced tea.

Luzianne® delivery truck, circa 1920
Historical information and pictures from https://luzianne.com/about/history/