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revorah14 New Member United States 5 Posts	Posted 09/15/2013 02:32 am I have a canvas bag full of these tokens. The front reads: "Gold River 1993" and a has a cresant moon with a face and a wolf howling. The reverse side reads: "Gold is where you find it" and pictures and angel and 11 stars with the word "fortune." These seem to mimic a coal mining company token, they're from 1993 however, so I thought perhaps they are a gaming token? I've spent hours searching, and can find nothing about them. Help would be appreciated! Pictured is the bag they are in,unfortunately my phone camera can't get a good enough picture of the coins themselves. Edited by revorah14 09/15/2013 02:36 am Report this Post to the Staff

John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 09/15/2013 05:24 am to CCF. Can you post a pic of the coin front and back? John1 Report this Post to the Staff
revorah14 New Member United States 5 Posts	Posted 09/15/2013 11:59 am Like I said my phone camera isn't that great but I managed to make atleast visible pics. Edited by revorah14 09/15/2013 12:02 pm Report this Post to the Staff
John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 09/15/2013 12:28 pm Thank you for adding the pics. Sorry I can't help you but wait a bit and I am sure another CCF member will chime in. Good luck with your research. John1 Report this Post to the Staff
revorah14 New Member United States 5 Posts	Posted 09/15/2013 12:29 pm Thanks for taking a look anyway! Report this Post to the Staff
philadelphian Pillar of the Community United States 3253 Posts	Posted 09/15/2013 12:53 pm It appears the Gold River Mining Company was an outfit in Tennessee where tourists could try their hand at sluicing for gold the old-fashioned way, after purchasing sacks of prefabricated "ore," seeded with bits of gold (or gemstones). The owner, one Galen Chadwick, patented his set-up, but the assignment of assignor's interest expired in 2000 after failure to pay the maintenance fee. (My apologies to anyone who actually does understand corporate and patent law!) http://www.google.com/patents/us5500136 Report this Post to the Staff
revorah14 New Member United States 5 Posts	Posted 09/15/2013 1:32 pm Okay so after reading, I found that when "mining" one could find "gemstones, precious metal ores, or arcade coins." I'm assuming that this bag of tokens I found served as these arcade coins. Thanks philadelphian! I have no idea how you found information on this. I sure couldn't. Report this Post to the Staff
revorah14 New Member United States 5 Posts	Posted 09/15/2013 1:43 pm Now I just need to figure out what to do with all of them! Edited by revorah14 09/15/2013 1:44 pm Report this Post to the Staff
John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 09/15/2013 3:24 pm Put a few on ebay and see what happens,there are collectors out there for this kinda stuff. John1 Edited by John1 09/16/2013 06:07 am Report this Post to the Staff
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