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First lady of elongateds, A couple of books on them

Ray Dillard one of the great ones that passed this year. was a fixture at ANA shows handing out elongateds wrote a couple books on them and was an all around great person.

When is a token not a token?

When somebody removes the ribbon and loop from an army service medal. this is an Army Mexican service medal

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_Service_Medal

There were two versions Army and Navy ones. As far as I can determine they made tokens of this medal. On the edge you can see were the loop was snapped off.

And on another note this may be the last post for awhile,due to the virus it seems that most of what comes into the LCS. Has been coins,and bullion, very little tokens. so I am fresh out of posting subjects. I haven't took pics of a partial set of Franklin issues.

An oldie but a goodie

Here is one for the older members,from one of the original fast food restaurant. The deposit token was used so you didn't bring back coffee bottles from other sources.

Don't know if anybody else would go around and collect the coffee bottles from construction sites. To cash them in for pocket money, like the .02¢ soda bottle deposits. Most of the other small restaurant were glad to get them since it meant they didn't have to buy them new.

Pan American Expo 1901 Buffalo N Y

1934 Century of Progress, Chicago

Government building, St. Louis 1904 world's fair

On 1890 nickle

1964/65 New York worlds fair