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Valued Member
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Wish I could write a more descriptive title, but there's no text at all on this token! I was hoping someone might recognize the design and know where this is from. Thank you.   |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Is it just me, or is the first pic cut off?
In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020
In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Check out my counterstamped Lincoln Cent collection: http://goccf.com/t/303507Edited by chafemasterj
06/10/2018 02:39 am
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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That certainly looks like it, Master J!  Now, what does it mean? I was interested in what bridge is represented. In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020
In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I don't think it's masonic... Boats look like Chinese Junks... My guess it was a reward or token for the workers who built the bridge.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I thought the same thing mtuma3. I couldn't make a Masonic connection. I too wonder what bridge it is.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Anyone venture an educated guess as to an age of this piece? I've been trying to figure out what bridge it is. I have a possible match but it was built in 1977. Think this medal is older or no?
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Pillar of the Community
Belgium
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theat token could be that old...
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I looked at a lot of bridges before deciding on this one. I could (and probably am) wrong. There are so many. This one just looks the most like the image on the medal and geographically it's in Japan. Could be or not. Opinions? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hirado_BridgeCheck out my counterstamped Lincoln Cent collection: http://goccf.com/t/303507 |
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Pillar of the Community
Belgium
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Edited by Petrus
06/11/2018 4:02 pm
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Valued Member
United States
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Something about the roof line of the building to the left looks Asian to me.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I limited my search to SE Asia because of the types of boats on the medal. I agree that it does look a lot like the one in Budapest. If the towers were stone or brick that could be our Masonic connection too.
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Pillar of the Community
Belgium
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Do not forget that the UK has ruled in China, Hong Kong....
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Very true. Good point Petrus.
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Thanks all for helping to solve this mystery token! This looks identical to the token on that Numista page. The one on the Numista page is pretty worn, this is the first time I've owned a token that's in better condition than the one on that site, hah! I'm still not quite sure when it was made or why, but it is really interesting. The idea that it has a masonic connection is even cooler. I did some playing around with the settings on my camera. I'm still learning how to take good pictures, but I was able to take some less bright and slightly sharper images of this token. Would love to find out where it's from, but if not, it'll go back into my mystery token pile. I'll find the source someday!   |
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Posted 06/10/2018 02:36 am
