Oak Island Nova Scotia Treasure Token

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noahs-numismatics Pillar of the Community Canada 3167 Posts	Posted 04/30/2013 09:17 am Listed this on ebay, and was not expecting it to get any bids yet, so thought I'd share. Upon reading on the internet, I found out that these were usually 'seeded' into the ground for treasure hunters to find. Haven't seen any completed listings for it. Anyone have any info about the coin or seen one before? Thanks! http://www.ebay.com/itm/WOW-Oak-Isl...em43bb748bef Edited by noahs-numismatics 04/30/2013 10:26 am Report this Post to the Staff

philadelphian Pillar of the Community United States 3253 Posts	Posted 04/30/2013 09:44 am Um, is that the correct listing? Report this Post to the Staff
noahs-numismatics Pillar of the Community Canada 3167 Posts	Posted 04/30/2013 10:27 am Oops.. thanks for the correction Report this Post to the Staff
noahs-numismatics Pillar of the Community Canada 3167 Posts	Posted 05/05/2013 09:14 am $12? Report this Post to the Staff
chequer Pillar of the Community Canada 4227 Posts	Posted 05/05/2013 1:33 pm Nova Scotia medals is one of my main interests. Oak Island is near Mahone Bay, NS and is quite famous as possibly being the sight of Captain Kidd buried treasure, with lives and millions of dollars having been spent trying to locate the treasure. Book have been written about this place. This is a souvenir medal. The mint is unknown, likely a stock blank being used, and it is aluminum, 26mm and the mintage is unknown. It has a catalogue value of $5, but because these come up for auction so rarely (I only have one and paid just under $5 for mine in unc) clearly you have at least a couple of bidders who really want the medal. My bid is in there, but lower than the $12. Oh, there are two versions too, one without the inverted USA and one with, like this one. Edited by chequer 05/05/2013 1:33 pm Report this Post to the Staff
philadelphian Pillar of the Community United States 3253 Posts	Posted 05/05/2013 1:57 pm I was ready to bet this was one of the places with a Capt-Kidd's-Treasure tradition! Report this Post to the Staff
chequer Pillar of the Community Canada 4227 Posts	Posted 05/05/2013 2:12 pm Or Blackbeard ;) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oak_Island Report this Post to the Staff
noahs-numismatics Pillar of the Community Canada 3167 Posts	Posted 05/05/2013 2:31 pm Cool, thanks for the info! I love to know the purpose of tokens like this. Why is the USA there? Report this Post to the Staff
chequer Pillar of the Community Canada 4227 Posts	Posted 05/05/2013 4:34 pm My hypothesis would be that they got them made in bulk by a US company used to making such promotional items, and said company likely has a stock of aluminum blanks like that. Report this Post to the Staff
noahs-numismatics Pillar of the Community Canada 3167 Posts	Posted 05/05/2013 7:28 pm Cool! Interesting! Someone wanted it badly, just under $30! Report this Post to the Staff
chequer Pillar of the Community Canada 4227 Posts	Posted 05/05/2013 7:57 pm Yup, two people got into a war for this... nice. Honestly, had I not had picked one up recently, I would have been up there too. I know because I went to look for mine and couldn't find it with my other NS medals. Luckily I found it in a loose pile or I would have been bidding! Report this Post to the Staff
noahs-numismatics Pillar of the Community Canada 3167 Posts	Posted 05/05/2013 8:41 pm Thanks for the information! Learned something from this! That is the best part most of the time! Report this Post to the Staff
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