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Wiggam007 Valued Member United States 217 Posts	Posted 03/02/2014 8:32 pm I forgot where I got this, probably out of a 10 for a dollar bin, but this little token has a depiction of the Sphinx from Egypt. Both obverse and revers are identical except that one is rotated 90 degrees. I imagine this came out of a game or something like that or maybe an arcade but I figured I would toss it up and see if anyone knew something about it. Report this Post to the Staff

awallin01 Valued Member United Kingdom 477 Posts	Posted 03/04/2014 6:21 pm Is that another face under the sphinx's face O-o, I.D. that face if possible-is it Jefferson? Regarding the stars I'm unsure of the significance, but it might be Thomas Jefferson's 10 rules signified by stars. I think you could be right about a gaming token, but It could be a symbolic/masonic coin/token if what is above is correct. It seems rare indeed. Hope this helps. Report this Post to the Staff
awallin01 Valued Member United Kingdom 477 Posts	Posted 03/04/2014 6:38 pm Maybe not Jefferson in the image below the other face but Lincoln? Jefferson did have a book about him American sphinx and his ten rules which made me think the above. Look for more hidden details in it, inbetween the arms and legs of the sphinx does it say anything? Is it depicting Mount Rushmore in the same direction as the sphinx? Report this Post to the Staff
Glenmore New Member United States 28 Posts	Posted 04/19/2016 11:24 pm I have almost the same token, only the rotation is closer to 15 degrees, and mine has been defaced. I have no idea where this token comes from. Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34428 Posts	Posted 04/20/2016 06:45 am Interesting find. At first, I was leaning toward a Luxor Casino token, but those are mostly bimetallic and mention the casino name. Maybe one of the bazillions of arcade tokens from the 1980s? "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
philadelphian Pillar of the Community United States 3253 Posts	Posted 04/20/2016 07:39 am Yours has not been "defaced," but was struck over a 5¢ trade token, dating to the 1940's, of Guy Mauro's tavern, 440 Broadway, St Paul Minnesota. This may be a clue to where the Sphinx tokens were struck. http://tokencatalog.com/token_recor...ord_offset=0 Edited by philadelphian 04/20/2016 07:41 am Report this Post to the Staff
Glenmore New Member United States 28 Posts	Posted 04/20/2016 5:02 pm Quote: Yours has not been "defaced," but was struck over a 5¢ trade token, dating to the 1940's, of Guy Mauro's tavern, 440 Broadway, St Paul Minnesota. This may be a clue to where the Sphinx tokens were struck. http://tokencatalog.com/token_recor...ord_offset=0 Thanks! I actually considered something like that, but I wasn't sure which was struck over the other, so I took a shot. (And I could only make out "40 Broadway" and "Mauro.") I really appreciate the information. Report this Post to the Staff
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