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Kinda Scarce Hawaii Lunch Token, Aluminum

 
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 Posted 06/04/2023  4:59 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add mrwhatisit to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
I can't find anything online about this particular token I just bought for 20 cents from a huge bin of mixed foreign coins that I had a field day going through from an antique show yesterday... All coins in this bin/tub were 5 for a dollar
Just wondering if others have ran across this token? This also has to date before Hawaii became a state in 1959 since it reads Territory...
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 Posted 06/04/2023  5:31 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Hondo Boguss to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Nice token, mrwhatisit! These are readily available, generally for $10 and up online.
I searched for the history of this particular one with no luck. The closest I could find was this article on Hawaii lunch tokens:
https://thehawaiiananumismatist.com...unch-tokens/
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 Posted 06/04/2023  6:55 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Spence to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
@mrw, I can only find a couple counterstruck versions of this token:

http://tokencatalog.com/token_recor...rd_offset=25
http://tokencatalog.com/token_recor...rd_offset=26


That is a pretty cool find. Well done.
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 Posted 06/04/2023  9:43 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Hondo Boguss to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
By the way, mrwhatisit, there's no listing for this on tokencatalog.com Perhaps you should create one.
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 Posted 06/12/2023  06:27 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add DrDarryl to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Cataloged in Hawaiian Money, Standard Catalog, 2nd Edition, 1991, Medcalf & Russell.

2TL-14
2TL-14a - counterstamp "J" (Jefferson)
2TL-14b - counterstamp "K" (Kalanianaole)
2TL-14c - counterstamp L.S. (Lapahoehoe School)

150+ Hawaii lunch tokens are listed in the above book.

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