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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? Hatfield Island, in the Guyandotte river, sits near the mouth of Island Creek. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islan...st_Virginia)Quote:
Please explain is this island in West Virginia or Ohio? Considering that Marietta, OH is 16 miles up river, I am going to guess the island belongs to WV, at least that is what the map says.  |
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pretty nice adds today...  |
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Thanks for your comments! We continue playing just alphabetically for now. It remains to find something in the remaining two states. These are Wisconsin and Wyoming. I like that Wisconsin has a lot of islands and interesting tokens (unlike Wyoming where I only found one island). Here are a couple of examples from Wisconsin: Schuebel's island (Shoto, Wisconsin), token 10¢ Gerald H. Schuebel was owner of Schuebel's Island Tavern in Shoto (Two Rivers, WI) from 1969 to 1973. There is no island in or around Shoto. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial...ald-schuebel and another one, now a real island: Fox Island (Fox Isle Resort, Wisconsin) token 5¢ This is obviously a deposit token: you pay 5 cents for the bottle and get it back when you return the bottle. To prevent people from bringing in bottles bought elsewhere, they need to show proof of purchase in the form of this token.  If you want to find Fox Island on the Wisconsin map, don't get confused because there are two different ones - one island is on the river and the other is on the lake) Edited by Islands Gamer
08/17/2025 02:58 am
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And now the very last state in the alphabet is Wyoming. I have only managed to find one island and one token so far: Big Island (Green River, Wyoming) Mine Refinery, OCI, 1oz 999 FINE Silver  I had to look at different old maps because this island is no longer there. But old maps show that it was:  Edited by Islands Gamer
08/17/2025 03:00 am
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One of the participants of the topic on the previous pages was interested in what the system and logic of this game is. Now look what we have already done in the end.
We took a list of all the states in alphabetical order:
List of States in the United States
AL Alabama
AK Alaska
AZ Arizona
AR Arkansas
CA California
CO Colorado
CT Connecticut
DE Delaware
FL Florida
GA Georgia
HI Hawaii
ID Idaho
IL Illinois
IN Indiana
IA Iowa
KS Kansas
KY Kentucky
LA Louisiana
ME Maine
MD Maryland
MA Massachusetts
MI Michigan
MN Minnesota
MS Mississippi
MO Missouri
MT Montana
NE Nebraska
NV Nevada
NH New Hampshire
NJ New Jersey
NM New Mexico
NY New York
NC North Carolina
ND North Dakota
OH Ohio
OK Oklahoma
OR Oregon
PA Pennsylvania
RI Rhode Island
SC South Carolina
SD South Dakota
TN Tennessee
TX Texas
UT Utah
VT Vermont
VA Virginia
WA Washington
WV West Virginia
WI Wisconsin
WY Wyoming
And above we found in each state one or more islands, and showed a token or coin for it, one or several different ones. In fact, in different states there is usually a whole series of islands and tokens for them. So far, as far as I can see, no one has researched this.
The only state for which there is nothing on this topic yet is New Mexico.
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08/17/2025 05:03 am
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On the one hand, to continue this game, you can choose one of the states and explore it. Or you can choose one specific island that has a large number of its own numismatics, and also explore it. On the other hand, in addition to the states mentioned, I take an additional official list of additional territories. For starters, it looks like this: Insular areas USA Inhabited territories:American Samoa, islands
Guam, islands
Northern Mariana Islands
Puerto Rico, islands
U.S. Virgin IslandsUninhabited territories:
Baker Island
Howland Island
Jarvis Island
Johnston Atoll, islands
Kingman Reef
Midway Atoll, islands
Navassa Island
Palmyra Atoll, island
Wake Islands
Disputed territories:Bajo Nuevo Bank (Petrel Islands)
Serranilla Bank (Beacon Island)
List of Guano Island claims:A number of islands were claimed as insular areas on behalf of the United States under the Guano Islands Act of 1856. These claims were made by private individuals to the U.S. Department of State and were not accepted by the United States unless certain conditions were met. The islands had to be unoccupied and outside the jurisdiction of another government; the claims also had to be bonded before the U.S. government would consider them insular areas of the country. As of 2023, only the eight islands administered as the US Minor Islands and the ones now part of Hawaii and American Samoa remain under the jurisdiction of the United States. Any other unresolved claims, if they exist, are dormant, and have not been contested by the United States in many years with the exception of Navassa. Alto Velo Island
Butaritari (Makin Atoll, Makin Island)
Caroline Island (Millennium Island )
Clipperton Island (Passion Island)
Ducie Island
French Frigate Shoal islands
Howland Island
Aves island (Isla de Aves)
Kiritimati (Christmas Island)
Malden Island
Marcus Island (Minami-Tori-shima)
Swains Island
Fanning Island (Tabuaeran island)
Washington Island (Teraina island)It is interesting that all these islands also have their reflection in numismatics. Does anyone know anything about numismatics for these islands?   Edited by Islands Gamer
08/17/2025 07:45 am
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Additionally and separately, I also see such islands in numismatics: Tutuila Island (American Samoa) Cocos Island (Guam) Saipan island, Tinian island, Rota, Maug Islands, Pagan, Agrihan Island, Alamagan Island (Northern Mariana Islands) A series of individual islands around Puerto Rico island with different types of tokens A series of individual islands on the U.S. Virgin Islands with different types of tokens Has anyone already been interested in what kind of numismatics exists on this topic?  Edited by Islands Gamer
08/17/2025 07:44 am
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List of Guano Island claims (USA):
Fanning Island (Tabuaeran island)
Washington Island (Teraina island)
It is interesting that all these islands also have their reflection in numismatics. Does anyone know anything about numismatics for these islands? I'll show you what we're talking about. It seems to me that many people have simply never thought about such questions. Look, I've collected rare publications about these two islands mentioned above and made a collage for the purpose of researching the issue:  These are the disputed American islands in the Pacific Ocean. How do you like such research in numismatics? Do you know anything and have you encountered such questions before? Edited by Islands Gamer
08/17/2025 10:59 am
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List of Guano Island claims (USA):
Alto Velo Island Here's another option. I managed to find out about the existence of at least five types of tokens. Three of them were at auctions, so I can show photos.  There was a special publication about the fourth token.  There is only a text description about the fifth token.. Is this interesting? Edited by Islands Gamer
08/17/2025 10:59 am
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To continue this game, there are some interesting links and publications on Wikipedia: |
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I would like to know where is Oyster island in New Jersey because google thinks it is Ellis island in New York:  |
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Ellis Island was one of three "Oyster Islands," the other two being Liberty Island and the now-subsumed Black Tom Island. |
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