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Well When I got home from running errands this afternoon, My purchase of 10 pounds of tokens was here. had a great afternoon sorting them out and stacking the dupes. Will have a nice grouping of extra's to build nice starter collections sets, make some of the money back and with the ones I got that are new. I am very happy, with the deal. Here is what 10 pounds of tokens looks like!:

The book you are referring to is a grouping of his articles that he has written and the experiments he has carried out on cleaning and toning from numerous coin publications. If you think that you haven't bought cleaned/restored and aged coins from on line and LCS stores you are only kidding your self. I found both of interest because there is so much B.S. on the net and forums about cleaning/restoring coins. There have been alot of information taken out of context from metal arts and jewelry forums and sites. having spent the better part of 40 years in the jewelry/metal arts hobby using the items discussed. I find it sad that there are so many LITOMS on the forums, that don't jack about diddly when it comes to what should and shouldn't be used. By the way (Legends In Their Own Minds) Not all solutions react the same way, with all metals That vinegar is Acetic Acid That adding salt (Sodium Chloride) to vinegar, is an very old rust patina speeder upper, for ferrous containing alloys. That using mustard,ketchup, and pickle juice to clean coins borders on the silly. Since all contain VINEGAR which is what removes the age patina form the metal. That toning is one of the biggest boatloads of silly reasons to pay a premium for coins IMO, because it is easy to induce. Which if you read Mr. Whites book he explains toning coins to what ever degree you want in hours. With household items for the most part.

Older one from Europe, still being published by Durst, in the USA This is a compilation of his articles on cleaning and toning that have been published in the coin press and his Do it yourself toning experiment! A word on what seems the eagerness of some sellers ripping people off with over priced books. Here are a couple great search engines that search book sites and compare them for you. http://used.addall.com/ http://www.addall.com/

Sort of interesting they way things turn some times. A couple of weeks ago I didn't know that this medallion even existed. Then to find the set. And a couple weeks later to find the sterling version. I guess I'm lucky that there aren't to many low end token collectors in the area. As a couple of the dealers, always try to steer me to the over priced CWT. And I go through their "JUNK" token boxes.

Well,It seems that the gods of finding neat tokens and medals have smiled upon me once more! I was at a near by LCS yesterday, I haven't been there in a couple of weeks as I went to some other ones and they smiled upon me numerous times. For some reason while I was in the city it was in taking care of my mothers grass, I just had to stop by even though I was planning on doing it tomorrow. Here's what was waiting for me along with some other items that I have to photo and process. Sterling silver version of the pewter and copper ones I got and posted a couple weeks ago. obverse Reverse/sterling hallmark So now I'm wondering if there is a bronze and a plastic ones. Another great day token hunting.

Yes it is interesting only the token I have is about 32mm in dia. somebody at the mint was play!

Ok here are a couple more form the junk box buy! Obverse, both tokens are the same other than in color. Reverse, they are aluminum with the anodized color. So far I have found that some other tokens were minted out of .925 silver and assorted bronzes by the coin of the month club out of Sioux Falls S.D. the web site is under construction. If anybody knows of the club or a working site, I would appreciate any info. Obverse, Wizard of OZ cartoonish Dorthy,scarecrow,lion,and tinman with the words Heart, Brain, courage equal spaced around the edge. Reverse is smooth with a slight rim Obverse, Family affair and Carnival club, with parents and two kids, Reverse, is Ye olde Coffee House near the edge with a cartoonish waiter and table etc in the center, aluminum anodized purple. Appears to be some Mardi gras coin. Obverse, Zodiac token with dates, signs, and drawing plated plastic Reverse, has This is my lucky day Any help with any of them would be appreciated

And it continues to get better, This next one is a great looking medal It looked like a bad chrome plating job. But It turns out it is "Coin is layered in pure .999 Silver and 24 kt gold. It is marked on the two sides as follows: Front: RONALD W. REAGAN 40th AMERICAN PRESIDENT 1984 AA Reverse: DOUBLE EAGLE PRESIDENTIAL COMMEMORATIVE AA " It was struck and sold by National Historic Mint,Westbury NY, 11595 Came with a numbered certificate of authenticity of course mine didn't have it and there seems to be a wealth of them offered on flea bay. Along with a number of different versions.

I was picking thru a double handful of what a local coin store call junk. I picked up some great stuff after running them thru my heated ultrasonic cleaner. Two of the three in this photo. The plastic one was thrown in to the bulk buy a couple weeks ago by a store worker. Today about 40 miles away I bought another bulk buy and the aluminum, and the bronze one were in the mix. Since wifey is still visiting her outlaws in FLA. I decided to take a short road trip before lunch to one of the remaining LCS in the Metro Det, well actually Grosse Pointe Mi. I live about15 miles away. Asked if they had any tokens, the guy went into the back room and came out with a handful of assorted tokens. medals and one elongated Penny. Most had a layer of curd on them. I forget my loupe so I couldn't make out what was on it. I took a chance, since I probably wouldn't have it anyways. Well I get home and fill the ultrasonic cleaner with Mr. clean grease and curd cutter turn on the heater and then put in the tokens. set it for 460 seconds (7.6666666) minutes on a side then repeat. Hit the jackpot the elongated penney is a a rolled at the Pan Am Expo 1901 one of two varieties. US tokens& medals by Jaeger shows the buffalo one. Then after rinse and dry obverse Reverse A 1925 Sesquicentennial Lexington KY. looks to be close to uncir. Obverse reverse 1976 centennial for Windsor Ontario, Canada had a value of one dollar till 12,31,1976

This might have been a low cost operation, as the button is made from a 1 centavo 1952 coin!

nice one

Obverse sides Reverses are all the same

zinc/bronze patina,44mm dia,2.8 thick,23.4g w.

This is what it says under the posting box. You can upload up to Uploading is not allowed of files (Max. single file size: 30MB) This is what is showing when I try to add a photo now I can't add any. all are under the file size allowed yesterday. It had changed since earlier in the day and before, Ok I see that I have used the total allotment of up loads.

You can upload up to Uploading is not allowed of files (Max. single file size: 30MB) This is what is showing when I try to add a photo now I can't add any. all are under the file size allowed yesterday.

It seems that there may be a problem as I can't upload more than one photo a post too. This is the Obverse of a copper bullion coin.

I think that the whole set is 11 coins, including a silver plate CC dollar, along with the gold plate St and a copper penny and Indian cent. Unfortunately I can't find the wholesaler in my paper files any more

Here is a partial set of the small coins along with a Standing liberty in gold tone. Yes some of the reverses of the coins don't have the attention to detail that the observes do. They are magicians coins, then became a tourist souvenir item, then where gold toned. Mostly used for small change tricks and gags, bits and bar bets. The squares behind them are ¼" and a full size statehood The question came up in another forum about what the small mercury dime was. I thought I would post it here

Since only government approved money can be classifed as coinage. They would fall into tokens classification I think. The private groups do them for any number of reasons, generally to commemorate an event etc. "rolled out stamped pennies" Elongated coins have a separate collecting area. http://www.pennycollector.com/ Here is the offical elongated penny collecter site. http://www.pressedpenny.com/ Here is a site that sells them. They are also on Flea Bay for sale in bulk amounts, under elongated pennies headings I have some that were done for a local coin club a number of years ago. I picked them up at a LCS set of four, a penney, dime, nickle and quarter! All the same imprint on the obverse and on most you can make out the oringal imprint of the coins denomination. I don't have any pictures of the yet.

Well that would explain it, Thanks

I have a number of these I can't tell if they are properly orintated or not. I thought that they could be Chinese, but on going thru the Krause world standard catalog 1901 to 2000 I can't find anything or I missed it.

I have a digiscope 2 mega pixel one, for $26.00 plus shipping I find it was worth the money takes decent photo's haven't had time to modify the new stand to hold it. as in addition to the coins I have other things that it will help with metorites, rocks, and minerals, tokens and other small items. I am happy with mine. I also use an app for the I phone 5 camera that has a built in zoom/maginfer called camera+ does a nice job and you can just save to your camera roll or photo stream. This is the one that has my interest and I am thinking about getting one. http://www.adorama.c...cope-44310.html Would be great for the dimmly light counter area's in shop collector shops and flea market when the dealers aren't coin, token, or stamp and have poor lighting. When they are in stock this may be my next hobby purchase.

Not a world coin collector, It is more by default as it seems more people are slipping non US coinage into the rolls, change at the stores. and flea market sellers adding world coinage they can't move into Token bulk sales etc. Add this to what I didn't exchange from my time as a South China sea sailor, I have 1 and 3/4 2x2Coin boxes filled. They are interesting in passing as most of the dates areolder than the US/Canadian coins I see in change etc.

Thanks, once I had the above clue as to country there they were! The 1/2 franc and dime appeared to be silver from the patina and dates/age since the date was worn off the dime its age. Nice to be able to put a name with a face so to speak, nothiong of any value other than scrap. But still nice to know.

here is the thrid one