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New Member
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Hi Everyone, I came across this interesting coin and can't find any information about it online. It's copper and on one side it says "FINSCHHAFEN, 1 BLUDGE, 1945." On the other side, it says, "All The crape" and shows a picture of the sun, a palm tree and a stick figure man chasing a stick figure woman who is wearing a grass skirt. I assume it's a New Guinea coin of Australian origin, but don't know for sure. Thanks for any info!   |
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Pillar of the Community
Russian Federation
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It's so obviously not a real coin it almost hurts.
I suspect it is someone's idea of play money.
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New Member
 United States
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Yeah, it looks like something that someone threw together, but I'm just curious what it is.
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New Member
United States
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Actually, I just checked and it's primarily iron and zinc. And obviously the swear filter changed one of the words in my description.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Reminds me of a token I have with the figure of a humanoid feline, (Female) Heads and Tails is all that is written on it on either side. Lets just say if I posted pictures they would be removed too. The grass skirt makes me think of the south pacific, but the text does seem to be Germanic in origin. A novelty, a joke, a play coin or a token, but not a coin, Interesting thou, thanks for sharing  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Finschafen is in Papau New Guinea, if that helps.
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Thailand
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United States
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The Japanese were driven from the harbor town of Finschhafen by US forces in November 1943. Shortly thereafter, it was developed to be the major supply base for US forces in New Guinea. Ground transportation was virtually impossible (there were no railroads), so 95% of supply lines were by water. This was the largely the responsibility of the Army Transport Service, a corps including Australian small ships with Australian crewmen working in support of MacArthur's US invasion force. Did no one notice the big letters A T S spelling out the naughty phrase? Here's a page about this "Forgotten Fleet:" http://patriot.net/~eastlnd2/rj/swpa/forgotten.htmEdited by philadelphian
02/01/2014 09:12 am
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United States
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And here I thought the little boats were just at Dunkirk Great history lesson there thanks philadelphian  |
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New Member
United States
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Wow, thanks for all the info, everyone! You guys have been extremely helpful. A friend of mine just found a reference to this coin in a WWII book and told me that it's a canteen token. All of the help is greatly appreciated.
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