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I've been digging through the buckets of world coins that have been accumulating and found a couple tokens that caught my eye. Can't find much on them, just a couple old ebay listings of coins in much lower grades. So, any opinions appreciated. First, Ironmonger Token, dated June 23, 1823. London.   Second, T&F Lewis tea dealers. GB Retained die break on reverse, and lots of issues with the rims.   |
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Here's another one, I found some fun information about it. Thought I would share, The Iron Bridge, located in Coalbrookdale, a village in Shropshire, England. Completed in 1779 "It was the first arch bridge in the world to be made of cast iron, a material which was previously too expensive to use for large structures." Wikipedia   And now...the bridge today!  |
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Pillar of the Community
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Very nice  |
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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xshift,
I'm puzzled by the link provided to Batty's catalogue.
For me, it just goes to a page listing the title and bibliographic information but no content.
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Canada
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I was unfamiliar with the Batty's catalogue as well, it sounds like it was a list of 15,000 tokens compiled from various collections and put together into a book in 1877, so just descriptions, no photos.
The other links were some interesting reads. Thanks xshift!
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I did indeed enjoy reading about the ascent in the 1901 article! Many thanks, philadelphian!
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United States
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That ballon token is really cool! The anniversary of the first ballon ascent by Garnerin (sp?) was mentioned recently in Parachutist magazine. Aviation stuff is usually fascinating.
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Canada
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Awesome! That is a great story from the The Aeronautical Journal, I will print it and keep it along side the token. It's stories like this that make coin hunts fun...and addicting!
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First token is by Issac Earlysman Sparrow (Note the banner on the balloon 'SPARROW').
There are several different variations.
I dont think these were actually used for change, more of a memento piece.
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