Two More Pieces, Help Identify Please...

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kakaratt77 Pillar of the Community United States 1414 Posts	Posted 06/26/2015 5:19 pm Report this Post to the Staff

nalaberong Pillar of the Community Canada 2805 Posts	Posted 06/27/2015 12:33 pm #2 is an Italian telephone token ("gettone" is related to the French "jeton", both words mean "token"). Because of rising inflation and rising metal prices, enterprising Italians melted down their stainless steel coins for profit, leading to crippling coin shortages. So these telephone tokens started to be used as actual currency in place of coins. I think they're a must-have in any exonumia collection. Interestingly, these tokens have multiple mint-marks, and a serial number telling you in what year and month they were made in - so there are a LOT of varieties out there. Yours is from May 1976 ("7605" - the first two digits are the year, the last two digits are the month). I have no idea about the other token, though. Report this Post to the Staff
kakaratt77 Pillar of the Community United States 1414 Posts	Posted 06/27/2015 2:20 pm Thanks so much, was it cancelled or is that part of the design? Report this Post to the Staff
DBM Pillar of the Community Canada 9864 Posts	Posted 06/27/2015 3:34 pm Not cancelled, part of the design, to prevent the use of counterfeit slugs. Thanks for the info nalaberong, I have a few of the Italian telephone tokens, now I'll be able to date them. I like the OP's other medallion but cannot help. "Dipping" is not considered cleaning... -from PCGS website Report this Post to the Staff
kakaratt77 Pillar of the Community United States 1414 Posts	Posted 06/27/2015 4:04 pm Thanks DBM! Report this Post to the Staff
kakaratt77 Pillar of the Community United States 1414 Posts	Posted 07/02/2015 10:43 am No one knows what token the top one is? Thanks. Report this Post to the Staff
Circus Pillar of the Community United States 3079 Posts	Posted 07/02/2015 3:32 pm It is a motivational token given to route men/drivers for a bread company. one side has the 5 points for success. Probably as late as the 1950's. such trinkets were given out by mid management as a booster don't think it would work well as once you got one what's the point in getting two or more. interesting piece from another day! Report this Post to the Staff
kakaratt77 Pillar of the Community United States 1414 Posts	Posted 07/03/2015 8:55 pm Thanks for the info Circus! Report this Post to the Staff
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