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Poll Question
So I feel like I am beating a dead horse here, but I have a token, that I can find very little about, OK nothing about. I can't find one on ebay for sale in the last few years. I can't find any web pages talking about it, except the two posts I made here. It does not exactly fit within my collecting focus. It is fringe at best, since I do like Civil War Tokens, but this token is from the around the 1940's. Here is my second post that references my original post Unknown Token I am assuming that this token must be somewhat rare (maybe an equivalent to a R-9 or R-10 in the CWT scale), since there is so little info on it. But since it seems so rare, it may not get much interest or sell for it's true potential on ebay, since no one knows even to look for it. So my POLL is What do I do with this thing:
Edited by MINT_MARQ
04/07/2010 3:02 pm
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I will venture to say its American. Movie was not a term commonly used when I was a kid you went to the cinema to see the pictures....
That should narrow your search some what..
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Thanks NoHope,
Others mentioned the format of the date suggests American also. My original guess is that is was for the Stratford Theatre in Chicago that is no longer there, but have found nothing but dead ends.
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I would definately dig deeper. Someone out there has a ton of info on it. I am curious though what it would go for if auctioned off here.
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It will cost you nothing to keep it. It could cost you 100's or even 1000's of dollars if you sell it now with no knowledge of how rare such an item may be. For all you know, however unlikely, it could be the only surviving specimen and could command a Large premium on the token market. Just my thoughts on the matter.
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Have you tried some of the token collecting websites?Maybe that coin doctor guy would know something.
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From your other post: Quote:
Doing a google search it appeared that one sold years ago, but no Cached info was available to read the descriptions. Did you try the Wayback machine on the URL that came up in google? +1 for keeping it until you find out something  |
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What's the Quote:
Wayback machine ?  The URL takes me to the sellers ebay Feedback page. The sale must have occurred awhile ago, and ebay likes to eliminate the sale price and item description after a few months. I have tried to contact the seller to see if they had any luck with background info on it. I also asked the sale price and when it sold. Still waiting to find out if they remember or will be bothered to respond to me. I guess a separate discussion about this topic is: Let's say there is only 2-5 known examples of this token. It would be priceless if it was a US Mint coin that was sought after like the 1913 nickel. But a token of an obscure theater that is likely now razed, is a whole lot less collectible. I guess this is a great example to show that value is driven by more than just rarity. |
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Posted 04/07/2010 3:06 pm
