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Latvia
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Hello! Iasked for help with identification of couple of tokens. If it is possible I'd like to know two things: 1)Country of issue 2)Where and for what this tokens used.   |
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Valued Member
 Latvia
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Latvia
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Latvia
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Latvia
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Latvia
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Latvia
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Latvia
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Latvia
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And the last one #9   |
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Latvia
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If someone can help me with identification. This will be nice.
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Moderator
 Australia
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#1: As you have apparently already found out over on the Antik-War forum, the three men pictured are the leaders of the three Baltic States when they seceded from the USSR in 1991. In this more recent thread on that same forum, you can see a couple more examples of this medal - and it is a medal, not a token, since both examples on that newer thread have little loops attached for wearing on a chain. I assume it was some kind of patriotic pro-secession souvenir made and sold in Lithuania. #6 is a "generic" amusement token, sold to customers who did not want to pay extra to have tokens made specially for them. The little "RWM" you can see on both sides is the mintmark for Roger Williams Mint, in America. #7 is a military canteen token, for use in US bases in Germany. This website (ironically, in Russian) has two similar tokens, one from the "Eifel Area" and one from the "Hessen Area". Scroll all the way down to numbers 59 and 60. On the same website, you'll also find your token #4. #8: the word is "Spiel", German for "play" or "game". So it's safe to assume this one was made in Germany. 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
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Pillar of the Community
Belgium
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Most of these tokens are used in lunapark automats. I have seen for certain your tokens nr. 2,3, 4,5 and 6 in such automats.   |
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Latvia
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#1: As you have apparently already found out over on the Antik-War forum, the three men pictured are the leaders of the three Baltic States when they seceded from the USSR in 1991. In this more recent thread on that same forum, you can see a couple more examples of this medal - and it is a medal, not a token, since both examples on that newer thread have little loops attached for wearing on a chain. I assume it was some kind of patriotic pro-secession souvenir made and sold in Lithuania. I was know about this three people, but I don't know nothing about using this token (sorry medal, now I understand wgat it is a medal) But why do you think "sold in Lithuania"? On this medal you can see a Latvian monument of freedom was build in Riga in 1935 |
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United States
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The Circus Circus token may be from the old Las Vegas Circus Circus casino (not the current one) - but is not a gaming chip, it would have been a token from the kids arcade. The font on "Circus Circus" appears nearly identical to the font used on their mid-70's gaming chips, and still very similar to their new logo. I also see a Novomatic International identical to #2 listed on ebay as being an American amusement coin from the 1950's, but not sure if that's accurate or not. |
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Belgium
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Australia
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But why do you think "sold in Lithuania"? On this medal you can see a Latvian monument of freedom was build in Riga in 1935 I'm just guessing, based on Google telling me the language is Lithuanian; I would assume the medal originated in the country whose language it features. 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
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