A Numismatic Game - Search For "Islands" On Coins And Tokens!

Thank you! Yes, of course there is a plan. I have a list of all the tokens for each state separately. I just want to clarify my entire list in good company here.

Now I look at my list and I see that in all the states there are various islands and there are tokens for these islands. And the only state for which I have not yet been able to find anything in numismatics about islands is New Mexico.

Every other state except New Mexico has islands and numismatics about them, and it would be interesting if someone is interested in their state and understands local numismatics.

I can also offer special information in various interesting formats. I don't know how successful it is to make collages together with text, but here is such an option.

There is a state called Alaska, and there are many different islands there, and there are many different tokens about different islands. They are usually quite rare, often known in a single copy.

Basically, I managed to find almost all the images in various archives and auctions. But there is one elusive token for me that has never been on sale anywhere.

This is a token for Afognak Island, Alaska. It is known only from a catalog and only in one denomination of 12 and 1/2 cents. And the name Anton Johansen is written.

I could never find a live photo except in the catalog, but even there it was in very low quality, so I restored the photo in a special program.

I started looking for information in various archives on this name and surname and I managed to find the necessary information. I combined the text with the restored image of the token and this is what came out of it:



If anyone has seen tokens for Afognak Island or has other photos or denominations, that would be interesting!

There is one more point of the game on the example of one island in the state of Alaska. This token has never been on sale, and the only existing photo of the token is of very low quality. I have already had experience in restoring low-quality photos of coins using various programs.
And now I want to ask those who are familiar with artificial intelligence and the capabilities it has in terms of image restoration. Does anyone want to try to restore the image of this very rare token? Is this interesting to anyone?

In case there are people who want to restore an old photo to the state of a normal acceptable photo, I made the maximum quality of the photo that I tried to restore myself, and I show it here:

Afognak, Anton Johansen, aluminum token, 12½ ¢ good for, in trade

Very interesting examples being posted!

Thank you for trying to help find the answer! But this mystery does not yet have a precise explanation in numismatics.




For the Virgin Islands the situation was different and there was a series of tokens of a completely different type:



Buck Island (B.V.I.) tokens unusual:

There are many trading tokens known for the main island of San Juan in Washington, several dozen different ones. Basically, they always do not indicate the name of the island, but rather say "Friday Harbor".

For example: Friday Harbor, Washington, island billiard hall, 10 & 25¢ tokens, San Juan Island,

Thank you! I looked at the names of the islands that were involved and mentioned and wrote them down:

Vancouver Island (present-day Canada)
Gulf Islands
Lummi Island
Fidalgo Island

And for each of these islands there is a list of numismatics, which is interesting.
For example, for the island of Fidalgo there are many types of commercial tokens for trade, only they usually do not write the name "Fidalgo" but write "Anacortes, Wash".

Anacortes, Washington, 5¢ & 10¢, tokens Fidalgo Island: