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Unidentified European (?) Possibly Spanish? (Id: Control Token By Van Brook)

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Unidentified-European-?-Possibly-Spanish?-Id:-Control-Token-By-Van-Brook

Think this is brass. The coat-of-arms on the obverse looks like the Spanish. There is no text on the token except for a small underlined VB to the right of the arms. It measures 28 mm.

Any ideas on this one? Thanks
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 Posted 10/24/2024  7:36 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Spence to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
VB is going to be Van Brook Tokens. Here is the tokencatalog link:

https://tokencatalog.com/token_reco...rd_offset=30

I used CROWN and VB as my keywords for the search.

Added: also note the VB in the top of the crest as well as to the right of it.

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This is a control token by Van Brook of Lexington KY (video / arcade games or some such).
http://goccf.com/t/37331#4051280
https://www.tokencatalog.com/token_...rd_offset=30
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Many thanks. This site and you all are founts of knowledge. I'm relatively new to tokens but been a coin collector since 1950.
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You are most welcome, numismatist6! I recognized your token immediately as I acquired one about 20 years ago and was as befuddled as you with it. Only after Spence posted the identification (see thread linked in my above post) was I able to solve this vexing mystery.
Lexington, Kentucky (Fayette County), U.S.A. Van Brook Token - amusement / arcade token.
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