Mystery Tokens With Numbers And Initials, Info Request

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Johnathan55 Valued Member United States 128 Posts	Posted 06/15/2018 8:03 pm The numbers Mason, what do they mean? Rather than make 17 different posts, I grouped all these tokens into this thread since they're pretty similar. I don't know what they are or what their purpose is, I was hoping somebody else might. The first group just has numbers and nothing else. (Except for the one with "20 centavos" on it.) The second group has numbers/initials. Thank you! Report this Post to the Staff

moxking Rest in Peace United States 17900 Posts	Posted 06/15/2018 8:06 pm Picker tokens. Token given for each bushel or basket or cart of produce picked. Tough to match to point of origin, and as such are called Mavericks. Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 188285 Posts	Posted 06/15/2018 8:10 pm Interesting batch! Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
Circus Pillar of the Community United States 3079 Posts	Posted 06/15/2018 8:43 pm The ones with the hole in them and what looks to be a name and number could be tool checks/equipment for use in factories that want to keep track of expensive equipent. They also could be body tags that some industries use to keep track of where the employee are such as mining they have two boards one for when you are in the mine and another when you are in the mine. immediate way in case of a problem. Also sometimes used in other extreme dangerous are3as like foundries, chemical plants etc. Report this Post to the Staff
kbbpll Pillar of the Community United States 4233 Posts	Posted 06/20/2018 01:24 am Some of the holed ones could be old livestock tags. Some of the others look like poker chips. Report this Post to the Staff
Fuzzy317 Moderator United States 14463 Posts	Posted 06/20/2018 01:34 am Any of those in the last set of tokens may be used by miners for identification in case of an accident. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16826 Posts	Posted 06/21/2018 12:13 am The one in the first set, upper centre, with "20" on one side and a wreath on the other, has been seen numerous times on the forum before (or it's cousin, with the number "10" instead of "20"), often posted by European members; I think the assumption is that they are generic European tokens, probably either French or German in origin. The two neighbouring tokens at lower cente and lower right have a similar wreath, but this doe snot necesarily denote similar origin; the lower-right one was clearly used somewhere where "centavos" is the currency unit. 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
Errers and Varietys Bedrock of the Community United States 74090 Posts	Posted 06/21/2018 9:41 pm Very nice and very interesting batch of tokens! Thank you for posting. Errers and Varietys. Report this Post to the Staff
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