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 Posted 04/27/2007  01:16 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add chrycopaul to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Do you think these would be classified as tokens? They do have a redeemable value, and as most people would have traded them in there can't be too many floating around with the particular expiry dates on them.


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 Posted 04/27/2007  01:47 am  Show Profile   Check GO's eBay Listings Bookmark this reply Add GO to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I would classify this as "Other". To my knowledge there aren't any cataloged records of these. But they are worth what you want em to be. If I were to collect Canadian bottle caps I'd choose Jones Soda!

What kind of bottles did those come from anyways?
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Pepsi / Coke and Mc Donalds cups. I wouldn't expect there to be any books on these, or many other people who save these for that matter. I was just thinking that if these were little metal disks with the same information on them would they be more acceptable as trade tokens, than their plastic and paper counterparts. A few days ago I showed some metal Tokens from Mc Bonalds, Burger King, and Dairy Queen, and I think it would be agreed that they were indeed tokens.
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I would put these items in the same vague category as coupons and vouchers. Personally, I'd file them under "Pepsi collectables", "McDonalds collectables" or wherever they came from, rather than tokens.

Tokens are primarily "recyclable coupons" - the intent with tokens, whatever they are made of, is that they be usable more than once. The McDonalds Canada tokens discussed here were certainly used like that.

I was a youngster in Vancouver in 1983 when the top token was issued, and IIRC they were used effectively as money - someone would pay with one, and that same token would then be given away later when the next person met the conditions. A little kid like me could even ask for their change in tokens! Thus they "circulated", within the limited context of McDonalds stores.
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I see your point on the ability to reuse tokens as opposed to the ones shown above. Thanks Sap.
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These would be collected as tokens, under the FOOD category. I don't get many inquiries on them, as this whole area is mostly fairly new, and it is difficult to find the modern pieces. They tend to be regional, disappear after the expiration date, and since they were issued in fairly large numbers, are essentially fairly common, and do not command great dollars. Obviously this is a category ripe for research and collecting, as they still are very cheap. I've seen a large number of different types of food-related issues, and have only had a very few inquiries on them. Start collecting now, you can be the first issue a booklet on them!
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