Touch Not Taste Token (Id: 19th Century Temperance Medal)

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Caddis Valued Member United States 258 Posts	Posted 03/24/2023 1:16 pm This is pretty crude token that is around 40 mm. Peace on earth front and circling the rim are the worlds touch not taste not handle. I'm thinking it's a religious token of some kind. Has anyone seen this token around? Report this Post to the Staff

HondoB Bedrock of the Community United States 24906 Posts	Posted 03/24/2023 3:08 pm Caddis, it definitely is a religious token or medal. Colossians 2:21: "Touch not; taste not; handle not;" Unfortunately that is all that I can add. Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34393 Posts	Posted 03/24/2023 7:04 pm @hondo, that specific quite from the Bible seems to have been used quite a bit in reference to alcohol. I wonder if this is a medal from the temperance movement. @cadd, can you please add the weight? I wondering if this is made from lead. Added: see this link for some temperance medals with similar designs, at least on one side: http://rlovettsr.blogspot.com/p/was...-medals.html "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." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
HondoB Bedrock of the Community United States 24906 Posts	Posted 03/24/2023 9:16 pm Spence, thanks for the link! The reverse of Caddis's medal is very similar to the ones on that temperance site. Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 03/24/2023 9:29 pm That's fun, thanks! Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16806 Posts	Posted 03/24/2023 10:27 pm I'd agree, it's a Temperance medal. Probably from the mid-1800s, at the height of the movement, and probably made of "white metal" - a lead-tin alloy that was used for cheap medallions, before the invention of cheap aluminium. Using Colossians 2:21 on a Temperance medal has to be one of the most wrenched-out-of-context Bible verses I have ever seen; the original context of Colossians chapter 2 is strongly teaching against people who go around setting legalistic rules like this. 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
Caddis Valued Member United States 258 Posts	Posted 03/24/2023 11:11 pm Thanks for all of the information. And yes, it does appear that several of the tokens on the linked site resemble the one I posted. I did weigh and it came in at 16 grams. Thanks again. Report this Post to the Staff
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