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New Member
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I found a gold lone ranger coin, on the back of the coin where silvers horseshoe is the tip has a diamond punch hole, making the tip of the shoe larger to compensate for this hole. All the coins I have seen are silver in color and from the 1950's, but thats about it.
Does anyone know anything about this coin?
Sorry new to collecting and also sorry for my ignorance...
Lori
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Pillar of the Community
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Welcome to CCF, Lori. Yes, a photo or scan, plus a diameter measurement, would help us greatly in identifying this item.
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New Member
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Yes but mine has a diamond hole I just took 2 pics sorry its hard holding a camera with my arms at this moment bare with me please looking to see how I can upload these pics and thank you for helping me in this quest.
Lori
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Valued Member
United States
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No problem Lori. When you click "Reply To Topic", at the bottom of ther text window there is as camera icon that says "Add Image" to the right of it. Click the camera icon and browse your hard drive to where you saved the picture then click the add to your post button. From just doing web searches, it appears the company that made this coin, T.L.R. Inc., made a lot of different Lone Ranger merchandise. The bronze coin appears to only have been produced in 1939 and was distributed by WXYZ radio in Detroit mentioned in the auction I linked, and by Merita Bread. The later 50's versions seem to have been mostly silver colored, although I found one reference to a bronze (gold colored) version also. I would guess that the price of the one shown in the auction I referenced would be because it was in the original packaging. That would normally add value to such a collectible. Here is a link to another past auction (and look at the similar items at the bottom): http://www.worthpoint.com/worthoped...merita-breadI would guess that the diamond hole you mention is something that the owner of the coin did to it, as I can't find any references to coins with this done to them. Awaiting your picture, love to see it! Steve |
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Sorry for the delay I cant seem to get the pics small enough to post,  ...I feel like a idiot...Grrrrr Working on them, I do appreciate the replies... Hugs Lori |
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ok did it...Sorry for the delay   |
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Very cool Lori!  Yep, it appears that someone punched a hole in it to be able to wear it as a necklace. Thank you for asking about, and showing this coin. It was a lot of fun rummaging the Internet for info about it. It reminded me of days gone by, before I was born, of the enormous popularity of these radio, and then TV, western stars, and all the merchandise that was produced for them. One item I ran into that I thought was very cool was "silver" bullets that Clayton Moore would hand out to kids during appearances. These apparently are quite valuable and in demand with collectors of such memorabilia. Imagine your dad taking you to see The Lone Ranger and you get to meet him and HE GIVES YOU ONE OF HIS SILVER BULLETS!  Although the monetary value of your coin does not appear to be high due to its condition, it is not hard to imagine some father punching that hole in the coin so his son could wear his Lone Ranger Good Luck Coin around his neck! I did also notice that the strike on these early bronze coins was much better than the strikes on the coins from the 50's, and even later into the 80's. The later "gold" coins apparently were brass, and all of the LR figures on all of these coins were more "outline-ish" and cartoon looking in comparison. Enjoy owning a fantastic piece of memorabilia from the golden age of radio and TV when many young boys wanted to be The Lone Ranger, defeat the bad guys, and ride off into the sunset on Trigger with a hearty "Hi Yo Silver, away!" (and I must admit, as a kid in the 60's, I had yelled that a few times myself) Steve |
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A firey horse with the speed of light, a cloud of dust, and a hearty HI-Ho Silver!The Lone Ranger rides again!
Part of growing up in the early 60's, I've got a strong liking for westerns. I loved watching the Lone Ranger TV programs. Today I also collect old radio programs, and I have over 330 episodes of The Lone Ranger from the 1940's (There were something like two thousand episodes produced.) Several actors played the Lone Ranger, but I think to almost all of the devotes of the program Clayton Moore will always be THE Lone Ranger.
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