~~ GEORGE WASHINGTON TOKEN/COIN????~~

artzstuff1

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kane23

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Art,
These were giveaways in the 60's and 70's I've found at least three of them, sorry it's nothing rare, kane 23
 

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artzstuff1

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kane23 said:
Art,
These were giveaways in the 60's and 70's I've found at least three of them, sorry it's nothing rare, kane 23

Thanks for the info kane,, I thought that was about right,, ya never know when it comes to old george!!!!!
 

JP

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I believe it was from a keychain. I received a similar one when I was a kid back in the 70's. Mine had Thomas Jefferson.....
 

High Plains Digger

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Aquachigger: You have never seen one of these because you are out there digging shells, bullets by the ton, and half dollars by the bucket full. Come dig with me for a while and we can fix that shortcoming in your career. But then, you have to fix my shortcomings regarding the list above.
 

kimster

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Nuggetnoggin found one of these at an old home site. One of the comments was that it was a George Washington commemorative token, minted at the date on the token, with the hole for attaching to a necklace chain. I believe this is correct as I found this same token, though in better shape, for sale on ebay for $18 with the same story.
 

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artzstuff1

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kimster said:
Nuggetnoggin found one of these at an old home site. One of the comments was that it was a George Washington commemorative token, minted at the date on the token, with the hole for attaching to a necklace chain. I believe this is correct as I found this same token, though in better shape, for sale on ebay for $18 with the same story.

Good info indeed!!!!

thanks
 

treasurepirate1

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haha i just found one today in an old stuff drawer but it is a shiny gold color, i recognized it right away because i saw it in this post a few days back
 

lily

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found this on another site....

haha i just found one today in an old stuff drawer but it is a shiny gold color, i recognized it right away because i saw it in this post a few days back

Hope this helps found this on another collecting site........

cook wrote at 2012-11-28 04:15:04
The answer not 2 many print off ! They are very rare almost one of a kind because it was only going 2 be a few made for a sample but a young boy that was very new to working the flat press made a mistake. And printed 2 thousand are more was told 2 me and made a double head as well ! It was suppose to be on the back side two hands as a peace agreement! Well that boy was my great great great great grandfather and we have 14 would of been coins but because it was a mistake the drill all of them with a hole in the top so they wouldn't waste them and sold them for babies that were teething!! Back in those days they put usually a dime in a baby mouth to bring their teeth in!! If you have one of these the mint value starts at 2000.00 on up . :)
 

Erik in NJ

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My God that guy's "English" is hard to read! Any buyers of his story?? :laughing7:

Hope this helps found this on another collecting site........

cook wrote at 2012-11-28 04:15:04
The answer not 2 many print off ! They are very rare almost one of a kind because it was only going 2 be a few made for a sample but a young boy that was very new to working the flat press made a mistake. And printed 2 thousand are more was told 2 me and made a double head as well ! It was suppose to be on the back side two hands as a peace agreement! Well that boy was my great great great great grandfather and we have 14 would of been coins but because it was a mistake the drill all of them with a hole in the top so they wouldn't waste them and sold them for babies that were teething!! Back in those days they put usually a dime in a baby mouth to bring their teeth in!! If you have one of these the mint value starts at 2000.00 on up . :)
 

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