Token books:

[artzstuff1]

Where does a person find price guides on tokens? ,,, order online?? ,,,book stores,,,

just wondering ,,,thanks

arthur

 

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[idahotokens]

As reported in earlier posts in this forum and others, the hobby of collecting tokens is relatively young. I'm talking about trade tokens ("Good Fors") here, as opposed to say, Hard Times or Civil War tokens. As such, there has been no established market such as there is for coins, so no price guide is accurate. Also, compared to coins, trade tokens are pretty scarce in general, and collectors of them are even more scarce. The only "real" way to determine the price of a token is to actually sell it - a willing buyer and a willing seller. Generalizations about pricing is the best you can do at this point - for instance an "unlisted" Idaho token will sell for several times what an "unlisted" Indiana token will bring (Supply and Demand). Online auctions have facilitated matching a seller with a buyer, but there is a many-decade long tradition of mail bid sales from the few token dealers that exist or in the publications of national and regional token collecting organizations.

Sorry to say that you can't just go to www.tokenvalues.com (not a real site) and look up your tokens.

John in ID

 

[artzstuff1]

As reported in earlier posts in this forum and others, the hobby of collecting tokens is relatively young. I'm talking about trade tokens ("Good Fors") here, as opposed to say, Hard Times or Civil War tokens. As such, there has been no established market such as there is for coins, so no price guide is accurate. Also, compared to coins, trade tokens are pretty scarce in general, and collectors of them are even more scarce. The only "real" way to determine the price of a token is to actually sell it - a willing buyer and a willing seller. Generalizations about pricing is the best you can do at this point - for instance an "unlisted" Idaho token will sell for several times what an "unlisted" Indiana token will bring (Supply and Demand). Online auctions have facilitated matching a seller with a buyer, but there is a many-decade long tradition of mail bid sales from the few token dealers that exist or in the publications of national and regional token collecting organizations.

Sorry to say that you can't just go to www.tokenvalues.com (not a real site) and look up your tokens.

John in ID

Hey ,thanks john, they are a very interesting item for sure ,,,I always love diggin one up ,,really in some cases better than an old coin for sure,,,


arthur

 

[idahotokens]

Your best bet to learn about IL tokens is to find the book, Trade Tokens of Illinois by Ore Vacketta. The first edition was 1973 and the second edition was 1983. He passed away in 1996 and unfortunately nobody has stepped up to continue the cataloging of IL trade tokens. www.exonumia.com offers the book for sale, plus it can be found on eBay and the various used book sites at times.
John in ID

 

[jnkhntr]

KRAUSE STANDARD CATALOG OF U S TOKENS can be found on EBAY or at book stores. It covers a lot and at least gives you a starting point.

 

[artzstuff1]

Thanks guys,,, just want a good token book or two,, to add to the library,, something to stack in the bathroom !!!!


arthur