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Hiya! Have an interesting token to share It's late 40s I believe. Found a couple sold via ebay that were listed as 1946 and another was 1947. Curious if anyone has additional resources for info? Would enjoy reading up on this. As well as putting a date to it!    Thanks for looking! |
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Both my parents were from South Bend and around in that era to have ridden it. I'd ask them but sadly my Mom passed away on New Years and dad hasn't been with us since 2012. It's cool though. I'm sure there are some experts on trolley systems in Indiana, shouldn't be difficult to find information on. Found this site which has information on the Trolley which I believe these tokens are used on. https://thetrolleydodger.com/tag/indiana-railroad/ After the page loads you can use CTRL+F and search the page for South Bend to get to the photos of the cars and trolley line photos. There are 21 instances of South Bend on the page. "Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440Edited by westcoin
04/25/2021 4:51 pm
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@kax, my go to website for investigating these things is tokencatalog.com. Here is a link to your piece I think (TC-237580; Atwood-Coffee IN 860 D), although I note that there is a variation made from steel (and therefore attracted to a magnet): http://tokencatalog.com/token_recor...ord_offset=0"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
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My condolences westcoin. Thinking about the connections is wild to me. Perhaps your fam could had used this token at a point. Far fetched but fascinating none the less! Thank you for sharing!
I peeped around Google and bit on ccf numismatic search engine but nothing really about the tokens upon first few scrolls.
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Nice example!  |
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Edited by Kushanshah
04/28/2021 06:44 am
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From 5th edition of Atwood-Coffee There are 6 minor variations of the token, obsolete, bronze, 16mm dia, 1927 value .25¢-.50¢,Atwood-Cofee fourth edition History #860, Railway Transit line was a subsidiary Of Chicago, South Bend & Northern Indiana Railway they began using tokens in 1927. 328,000 total struck 1927-1948, 40,000 (steel) in 1945-46, 40,000 (white metal) in 1946 and 40,000 in 1947 There are two others a steel 1945, white metal 1946 both same value as the above. http://www.vecturist.com/ transit token collectors group. Edited by Circus
04/28/2021 09:32 am
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Excellent resources thanks a lot!!
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