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Valued Member
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Hello, Has anyone ever seen this token before, seller states it is a US 10 cents token. I have searched google quite thoroughly but with no matching example. Thanks!   *** Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. *** |
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Moderator
 United States
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Never seen one. Maybe a game piece? John1  |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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...and what is the diameter? Looks like bronze; does it stick to a magnet?
Interesting design, never seen one like it. Pretty cool!
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Valued Member
 Netherlands
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Thanks a lot for your responses so far. As it looks so interesting I decided to bid on it and just won it for $7.
I have no clue about diameter or weight, seller didn't have a lot of info in the advertisement. I'm looking forward to receiving this one in the mail.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Cool keep us posted when you get it.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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This appears to be a speilmarke or gaming token. The "10" is points, cents, dollars or whatever the stakes were. The token was likely produced in Germany in the mid to late 1800's. I'd venture to say that the price paid is about the going rate for common ones.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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I think a correction to the presumed age is called for. Most of the Indian Head Spielmarke, fobs and jetons were made in Germany between 1890-1910.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I suggested mid to late 1800's as the Liberty head is similar to U.S. gold pieces minted between 1839-1908.
@alganbagerap ... How did you narrow the date between 1890-1910? Were records kept and published somewhere? I don't have a book on these.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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The Liberty and Indian head fobs and Spielmarke were popular Nuremberg pieces up until the First World War although IH tokens and fobs can be found dated into the 1920s. The characters forming the figure 10 are similar to those used on contemporary German coins.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Note the similarity to my piece - 19 mm. or so   |
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Posted 07/10/2016 09:46 am
