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William H. Taft Medal/Token

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 Posted 12/02/2007  1:02 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add bonham3 to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Hi !

Would anyone have any info on this subject.
Seems to have been gold plated at one time,
but it has mostly worn off. All I know is it
is at least 45-50 yrs. old (min.) most likely
older.



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 Posted 12/02/2007  3:00 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add echizento to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
These were given out as a premium when you bought gas. I have a set from the late 80's. Yours is probably from the 50's or 60's.

You can check out mine on my omnicoin site at http://www.omnicoin.com/?collection=echizento
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 Posted 12/02/2007  8:02 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add bonham3 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Thank's Echi
that time period seems correct.
seeing as I did not start getting gas
until 1972 (no, not that kind:)
just a normal 4 or 5 dollar token today ?
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 Posted 12/04/2007  6:07 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add arthrene to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
They were also sent out in sets by time life magazine. They included 6 tokens (in no particular order) in a set. They were a free gift with that issue of the magazine. I posted the same query a while back and have since discovered similar coins both loose and in the sets. The sets were priced from .50 to 1.25 today when I was in the shop.
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 Posted 12/04/2007  9:59 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add bonham3 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Thank's Art

Maybe I will put it up for a trade for a few lincolns
or a nickel or a dime :) Hey, maybe a quarter !!
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 Posted 12/05/2007  9:43 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add arthrene to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Correction, the sets were not from Time Life Magazine but the Reader's Digest. I bought them today but will be giving them away as part of my secret Santa gift. Here are some quick scans before they're mailed out though.

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Reverse is the same for both sets
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 Posted 02/18/2009  2:04 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Mr Finger to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
interesting!
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