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jbnick

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Feb 3, 2013
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Whites 300 DFX
Does anyone have any ideas as to what this may be? I found it at a pre 1930s homestead. It is copper, slightly larger than a quarter, and reads 18 1/2 T. If I had to guess it would be some type of an electrical piece. Any suggestions or ideas would be greatly appreciated!
HH josh

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Brian C.

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Whites and Garrett. I use several machines, the ace 350 is a nice machine. I have a 5900, 6000, whites.
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It could be a coal token eighteen and a half ton.
 

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jbnick

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Feb 3, 2013
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Bloomington, Indiana
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Whites 300 DFX
That is very interesting! I have looked into that but have noticed that most of the coal tokens have some type of a company name on them. If it does however represent 18 and 1/2 tons @ the price of $1.78 ton in 1930 it would have been worth almost 33 dollars. That would be quite the sum of money back then! Thanks for the input!
 

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jbnick said:
Does anyone have any ideas as to what this may be? I found it at a pre 1930s homestead. It is copper, slightly larger than a quarter, and reads 18 1/2 T. If I had to guess it would be some type of an electrical piece. Any suggestions or ideas would be greatly appreciated!
HH josh

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A carb throttle valve, probably model t . I have dug a few.
 

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