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Let's continue the game. Even if you don't have any coins or tokens about the islands, still write down your impressions, or spread out some information from magazines and catalogs, maybe different questions on the topic, or some especially favorite state or territory with islands.. The next state in the alphabet is Virginia. A very interesting state for finding islands. Many different tokens, for example, for just one of the islands: Chincoteague IslandI found about two dozen tokens of various types and kinds about this island. Here are a couple of examples: Chincoteague Island VA Wooden Nickel Blue Plastic  Chincoteague Island VA Wooden Nickel, museum  |
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The next state is Washington. At the very beginning of the topic, various islands and tokens for this state were already shown. Here is another island with examples of tokens: Mercer Island, WA Wooden Nickel 5¢  Mercer Island, WA Wooden Nickel 30$  |
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Utah. In this state I have managed to find only two islands so far. And both do not exist. Or rather, there used to be, for example, Antelope Island, but now it does not exist. I have collected various numismatic series about this island Well, for Antelope Island is (was) mostly located in Arizona (90% of it), not Utah and is located inside Lake Powell - the 2nd largest manmade reservoir in the United States. it is created by the main channel of the Colorado River and Wahweap Bay to the South West and Warm Creek Bay to the North East when the lake is at or near 'Full Pool'. But I do like all the tokens you have posted thus far..  |
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Well, for Antelope Island is (was) mostly located in Arizona (90% of it), not Utah..
But I do like all the tokens you have posted thus far.. Dearborn, Thanks for the addition and clarification! I have collected all the series of tokens about this island, and I have never seen the state of Arizona indicated, but the state of Utah is written and you can see it in the photo. This may become a reason for a historical investigation.) For example, I looked at Wikipedia and they write that it is in the state of Utah: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antelope_IslandQuote:
Antelope Island, with an area of 42 square miles (109 km2), is the largest of ten islands located within the Great Salt Lake in Utah. The island lies in the southeastern portion of the lake, near Salt Lake City and Davis County, and becomes a peninsula when the lake is at extremely low levels. It is protected as Antelope Island State Park.
For another island, see Lake Powell. ps. And I have some additional questions.  Can geodetic markers (gravity control benchmark) be considered numismatic? Here is one marker, the name of the island is the same, but it is not clear whether it is an island from Utah or Arizona. I have seen that such items are issued separately as special tokens (similar to coins or medals, double-sided, probably for special collectors).  I do not quite understand what this is for numismatics, if you can explain please: Antelope Island gravity control benchmark  Edited by Islands Gamer
08/15/2025 08:09 am
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Can geodetic markers (gravity control benchmark) be considered numismatic? I have seen that such items are issued separately as special tokens (similar to coins or medals, double-sided, probably for special collectors). I'll just show you what you can sometimes find, using the Alaskan islands as an example. Here's a token from one of those series, which shows two islands, one of which belongs to the USA: Little Diomede island, Alaska, Benchmark/Geocoin  |
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Antelope Island, with an area of 42 square miles (109 km2), is the largest of ten islands located within the Great Salt Lake in Utah. The island lies in the southeastern portion of the lake, near Salt Lake City and Davis County, and becomes a peninsula when the lake is at extremely low levels. It is protected as Antelope Island State Park.
For another island, see Lake Powell. Wow, that must have been written by a Utah resident that has no knowledge of the state and Lake Powell's location. Salt Lake City is located 261 Miles away to the North. The town of Page, Arizona is 4.66 Miles away to the South. Funny that geodetic marker stated "Antelope Island CA". (CA=California, which is no where near this island.)  I can see why you were confused about the location - Google Maps had not labeled the northern border of Arizona. Let me help:  |
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 They provide a completely different map. Maybe it's a completely different island, since the contours on the map are so different? Could these be two completely different islands?  Edited by Islands Gamer
08/15/2025 08:38 am
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Hmm.. that could be what it is. I guess that happens when you name several locations with the same name.. my bad..  It looks like that the Great Salt Lake is seriously low of water, as that is far from being an island now. This drought what the U.S. Southwest is in is really taking a toll on our water quantities |
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But I do like all the tokens you have posted thus far..  I wish I had something to contribute other than appreciation for you sharing your particular numismatic focus with us.  |
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Hmm.. that could be what it is. I guess that happens when you name several locations with the same name.. my bad.. It happens. Do not get me started on "The" Colorado River.  Okay, I mean this and this. Fun fact, my dad had lived near both. Quote:
It looks like that the Great Salt Lake is seriously low of water, as that is far from being an island now. This drought what the U.S. Southwest is in is really taking a toll on our water quantities Looks like Antelope peninsula now.  |
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Hmm.. that could be what it is. I guess that happens when you name several locations with the same name.. my bad.. Dearborn, No big deal, but we made a discovery about two different islands with the same name. And thus the game becomes even more interesting! This is far from the first time when there are tokens with the same name, but it turns out that these are completely different islands. Such examples have already been above in this game. Quote:
Okay, I mean this and this. Fun fact, my dad had lived near both jbuck, Have you lived in Colorado? Do you know about the islands in this state? See for yourself - I take a list from Wikipedia and read about four islands: Category:Islands of Colorado https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categ..._of_Colorado (Fishhook Island, Monkey Island (Denver), Sentinel Island (Colorado), Silver Dollar Island). And now I compare with those islands among numismatics that I discovered, there are also four different ones, but the names are completely different and are not indicated in the list. I haven't found anything about those four islands, but there are other islands in Colorado in numismatics: Beecher Island, Rock Island (Flagler, Colorado), Isle O'Pines (Empire Junction), Isle of Capri (game tokens) Rock Island, water station (Flagler, Colorado)  Isle O' Pines, Colorado  Beecher Island, Colorado  One island has long since ceased to exist and the rest are also "artificial". But they exist in numismatics under the name "island". I wonder if I can call it " Pines island" instead of " Isle O' Pines"? To make it clearer alphabetically.. What is the difference in spelling here? Edited by Islands Gamer
08/15/2025 10:17 am
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jbuck, Have you lived in Colorado? Nope. Been through there a few times, but never stayed long enough to take in anything other than a meal or a good night's rest. |
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We continue to explore the islands and tokens of the USA in alphabetical order. The next state is West Virginia. And here I found a riddle, for lovers of riddles. Below are shown tokens with the names of such islands: Standard Island (Taplin, W. VA)
Eagle Island (Kistler, W. VA)
Main Island (Omar, W. VA)
Island Creek (Holden, W. VA)
The thing is that I probably don't quite understand what the specifics of the name are here, and I don't see any of these islands on the state map. Does anyone know what the deal is and can explain?:   |
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The Standard/Eagle/Main Island are misleading. Island Creek Coal was a real coal company and Island Creek is a real creek is WV (about 17 miles west of Charleston). Standard/Eagle/Main are probably ways to separate the denominations or allowed use in the company store(s)? Maybe? https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/entries/877 |
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The Standard/Eagle/Main Island are misleading. Island Creek Coal was a real coal company and Island Creek is a real creek is WV Thank you, I assumed that these were not real islands. But I read various publications and still do not understand what the word "island" has to do with it. Was there some island or not initially? For those who love riddles, here is a second example from the same state of West Virginia. This is a token for Blennerhasset Islandhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blenn...ssett_IslandQuote:
Blennerhassett Island is an island on the Ohio River below the mouth of the Little Kanawha River, near Parkersburg in Wood County, West Virginia, United States. The obverse and reverse of the wooden nickel say Marietta, Ohio. And not once does it say West Virginia. Interesting and somewhat misleading: Quote:
Marietta is a city in Washington County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. It is located in southeastern Ohio Please explain is this island in West Virginia or Ohio? Blennerhasset Island, wooden token:  Edited by Islands Gamer
08/15/2025 3:07 pm
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