Poet_with_a_Gun Posted February 20, 2006 Report Share Posted February 20, 2006 Pert near all I could bid on. But they are kinda neat. Embosser die for a seal Oregon Centenial Coin from Milton-Freewater Oneside of the tokens. the other sides of the tokens. I don't know if any of them are worth anything, but they are kinda cool. There's an arizona tax token in there, two tokens form the seattle world's expo, a boyscout jamboree token, a newmexico anniversary token, one from the Walla Walla Fair and Frontier days, and that weird die from an embossed seal press. (I mirror flipped the photo to read it.) Pretty nifty. I don't know if they are worth the 9$ and change I paid for them, but hey, I got em. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted February 20, 2006 Report Share Posted February 20, 2006 It's a fair price. I'm not sure where you are, but the Seattle World Fair $1 tokens are extremely common in the Pacific NW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poet_with_a_Gun Posted February 20, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2006 In the pacific northwest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted February 20, 2006 Report Share Posted February 20, 2006 Nice haul of tokens. They're fun and have a lot of the same "history" that I find with circulated coins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottishmoney Posted February 20, 2006 Report Share Posted February 20, 2006 It seems like in the 1960's a lot of municipalities issued these good for 50¢ and $1 tokens commemorating something or another, then afterwards nowhere seems to issue them anymore. One of my favourites that I lost when I was a kid was one from Yankton, SD that had the battleship USS South Dakota on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poet_with_a_Gun Posted February 20, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2006 I wonder at what point it became uncool to issue tokens like that? LIke when Dairy Queen went to those plastic tokens for ice creams and then finally to cardboard. Tilt went to coupons rather than tokens. I wish they'd do it again. That one i have from the walla walla fair grounds is from the 30's and was good for admittance. HOw many people would pay the admittance fee to a small county fair and then pay again for a ticket if they found out they had to give up the token? It has to be a decent money maker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted February 21, 2006 Report Share Posted February 21, 2006 In Canada, the practice continued to the late 70s, as the majority of the "trade dollars"/$1 tokens seen here are from that era (The '62 Seattle ones being the big exception from the 70's) Some events (Merritt Mountain Festival [Merritt,B.C.]) still use tokens. I've got Merritt $1,$5, and $20 tokens myself. (Why didn't someone swap for some beers?!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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