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Edited by coindexter
11/27/2008 1:54 pm
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Wow! "frank cents" on Google gets 15 hits and only 11 in Images This should keep me busy for awhile  All I've found so far is a dude named Frank Cents. Maybe you should give it back to him  |
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Is frank still alive?.lol I got this in a collection that I was given by a friend of the family. I have all sorts of weird foreign stuff. But he did leave me a nice 1917-s Mercury dime in mint cond. Thanks for lookin Edited by coindexter
07/10/2008 10:12 pm
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I have all sorts of weird foreign stuff. Bring on the challenge  |
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I like that, because it looks old, and a little worn like it got actual use.
It reminds me of some mining town tokens we discussed a while back.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Isn't the coin from around the birth of Christ?
Frank 'n Cents?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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 Very myrrthful. |
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New Member
United States
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I am pretty sure it should be read Frank - 5 cents, but I am no expert.
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New Member
United States
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Turned pages on four centuries of coins plus unusual coins.
Sorry no luck.
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New Member
United States
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It looks like it might be a token. Like a token from Franks five & dime store or something  |
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At 6 of April 1917 US went to sent their troops into battle at the Continent, where a large number of American soldiers were stationned behind the trenches. And they all needed a beer. So these copper tokens were given to the passing soldiers on their way to the battle, to buy beer on their way by local merchants. The US Army payed afterwards for consumption.1 Belgian Frank was equivalent to 5 US dollar cents. As the war continued, these tokens were reused by Allied officers in their mess.
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Wow , what an excellent reply :) it is worth something then even if it is to a WW1 memorabilia collector ..cool
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Canada
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That makes the token very cool. Great history Valutarick are they rare ?
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Pillar of the Community
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valutarick thanks. Where did you find that information? Have you seen pictures of others of these anywhere. The only thing I found was someone selling a book on different tokens that looked close to mine. Boy I have been searching quite awhile.
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The Dutch author Kooij have issued a catalogue of Dutch beer tokens and other kind of utilities. The Belgian do not have such catalogues, although these tokens can be found in large numbers over there.
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