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New Member
United States
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Another metal detector find. We believe it is a token (it has a hole at the top)and there is a tree on it (sort of looks like a maple tree but can't say for sure) Any ideas?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pretty hard to tell without pictures. Can you get us some?
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Pillar of the Community
Philippines
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difficult to visualize, any pic ?  |
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New Member
 United States
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Finally - picture  |
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Moderator
 Australia
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I've seen one similar to this posted here on the forum, I'm sure. Anything on the other side?  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
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Looks a lot like the tree on the Connecticut quarter, doesn't it?
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Australia
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I found the old thread; the token there has a plain crosshatching pattern on the reverse. Unfortunately, the old thread doesn't help us much because we didn't know what it was back then, either.  Both have identical holes in them, so I suspect they were made with the holes. Perhaps it's some kind of workers check or tally, rather than a monetary token.
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
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New Member
United States
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Thank you for your replies. Wow that other one is pretty nice. Ours is plain on the back I would assume from wear (being outside in the elements and in the dirt).
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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As the tree and reverse design on these two tokens is relatively ornate, this old exonumist doubts that these items were simply used as checks or tallies. My guess is that they were attached to watch fobs. Note the relatively heavier wear in the centers of these tokens; Such a wear pattern suggests to me that they were grabbed by the thumb and forefinger so as to tug whatever was on the other end. Pocket pieces would likely evidence more even wear, methinks. Also, the tree, reminiscent of the Charter Oak, makes me think that these originated in Massachusetts. Another, to me, less plausible use might have been that of gaming tokens?
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Pillar of the Community
Philippines
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yes it's the same tree Sap, looks like an Orange Fruit Tree, could it be a key fob of some hotel that also owns an orange tree plantation? (but then there's no room number at the Rev) My imagination is running here reads like CSI tv series (coin scene investigation)  interesting.... |
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United States
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Overall...it looks like something from the mid-late 19th C. |
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United States
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I remember posting in the original post. I could not figure it out?
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Valued Member
United Kingdom
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Both examples seem to have a fair amount of wear on them, and so perhaps weremade for something that would see a fair amount of use. Where abouts was it metal detected? Would be good if found somewhere like Massachusetts as has been suggested as a possible origin of the piece.
Nic - I actually had CSI on my tv a few moments before reading this post, actually laughed out loud at coin scene investigation!
www.kingstoncoincompany.co.uk
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New Member
New Caledonia
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Hello,
I don't know the token you did show. It might be a plantation token but I don't think it is, because most of the time plantation tokens have more information. For sure it isn't a token from Guantimoc.
For people who are interested I got quite a lot of information about plantation tokens, mostly about tokens from the Netherlands East indies (Sumatra and Java), Borneo and Ceylon but also some from Africa and South and Middle America.
greetings Koenmunten
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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 Koenmunten! |
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