British Tokens? Jetons? Not Really Sure Here

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Numismat Pillar of the Community United States 1666 Posts	Posted 05/07/2008 7:11 pm Need some help figuring out exactly what these are. The two larger pieces are the same size as a quarter or British half-penny. I also have a couple similar ones with Victoria dated 1837 (here's an example of one of them http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...SE:IT&ih=012), which I have been told are ascension tokens, not sure if these are the same thing? Also have this little US token, I guess it's from the civil war, but it's not like any of the dated one's I've been able to look-up. It's the size of a nickel. Any help in terms of history and/or value is greatly appreciated! Report this Post to the Staff

Sap Moderator Australia 16837 Posts	Posted 05/08/2008 04:40 am I don't have a BRitish medal catalogue to be certain, but I'm fairly sure the two brass ones are commemorative medals sold as souvenirs during the coronation celebrations for those two monarchs. The copper "Columbia" piece is presumably a token of some sort. As for the last one, I believe the term you Americans use for these kinds of pieces is "store card". Intended mainly as a pocket piece advertisement, rather than a token or emergency money, though they would have circulated to an extent. 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 Report this Post to the Staff
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