Two Unidentifieds | False Shekel And Maverick Token

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Gazot Valued Member United States 165 Posts	Posted 03/04/2013 7:31 pm Good evening. the first is 33.5 mm and has the appearance of a cheap carnival token but something about it had me thinking. The second appears to be a common trade token and is 22mm. Identified - moved to Exonumia forum - Sap Report this Post to the Staff

Sap Moderator Australia 16826 Posts	Posted 03/04/2013 8:53 pm The first item is what is known as a "false shekel". As you can probably guess from the name, it's not a genuine coin. It's design is very roughly based on silver shekels struck during the First Jewish Revolt in AD 66-70. See this old thread for a similar example, and more information. The second piece is a token; I'll let somebody with more experience in identifying American tokens answer that one. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
bdahab Valued Member Israel 60 Posts	Posted 03/05/2013 08:34 am Hi Gazot, I can talk about the first one. It's Hebrew, one side says Shekel Israel, the other New Jerusalem. I guess it's a Shekel Gorlitz Medal Coin. You can read more about it here (after translation): http://he.danielventura.wikia.com/w...%D7%99%D7%A5 and here: http://www.theshekel.org/article_fa...shekels.html Report this Post to the Staff
Jim Delaney Valued Member United States 99 Posts	Posted 03/05/2013 8:08 pm Your good for token is listed as an unknown/meverick on the site that I list all my tokens but it needs a picture. Can I share your pic? Report this Post to the Staff
Gazot Valued Member United States 165 Posts	Posted 03/05/2013 8:13 pm Of course...thanks for asking. Gaz Report this Post to the Staff
epaulf564 New Member United States 3 Posts	Posted 03/06/2013 09:39 am Hi. I don't know about the token, but the first coin shown is Israeli. Report this Post to the Staff
Jim Delaney Valued Member United States 99 Posts	Posted 03/08/2013 8:22 pm Thanks for the pictures. I loaded them on tokencatalog.com. Would you like me to give you or this site credit for the pics on that site? Both my foreign and U.S. car wash tokens catalogs are listed there. Maybe I can put more pics on there and stir up more interest in this site. Report this Post to the Staff
Gazot Valued Member United States 165 Posts	Posted 03/10/2013 12:00 pm No credit necessary Jim....party on! Report this Post to the Staff
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