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    Jul 2010
    Illinois
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    Old 'freedom' and 'parking token' dug Aug 03

    last night had a good 3+ hour hunt at my grandmothers house (full post in Todays Finds). Ended up digging up some tokens of which I am very interested in finding out possibly a date or what they were used for. Here are a couple pictures. Any help with identification is very much appreciated!




    thanks so much
    neil

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    Oct 2004
    N. San Diego area (Pic of my two best 'finds')
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    Re: Old 'freedom' and 'parking token' dug Aug 03

    I'm probably showing my age, but since these are from the 1970s at the earliest, I call them "modern" tokens. The No Cash Value type is still in common use at video arcades and the parking token type is still used at some commercial parking lots. A typical scenario would be you drive through an automatic gate to get into the lot, then the business you are visiting gives you a token to get out.
    John in ID

  5. #5
    us
    Jul 2010
    Illinois
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    Re: Old 'freedom' and 'parking token' dug Aug 03

    thanks for all the links and info.. found them close to an alley in my grandmothers backyard. they were in too good of shape to have any real age to them but still very exciting to dig! thanks again for the info!

    neil

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    Re: Old 'freedom' and 'parking token' dug Aug 03

    I just dug a "No Cash Value" token just like the bottom left photo but the reverse is the eagle picture in the upper right.

    Cool finds
    Maybe it's time to stop not doing what you pretended you can do and can't, and start doing the thing that you can't do, but can no longer pretend that you can.

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    Re: Old 'freedom' and 'parking token' dug Aug 03

    I think I remember these as Cracker jack toys?
    Loyalty and Honor

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    us
    Jan 2011
    Ohio
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    Re: Old 'freedom' and 'parking token' dug Aug 03

    I think the parking token is really cool, I found the exact same one in my front yard about an inch deep. This helped me find out what about mine.
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails Old 'freedom' and 'parking token' dug Aug 03-167363_181921861827701_100000296648168_567043_751168_n.jpg   Old 'freedom' and 'parking token' dug Aug 03-163842_181922971827590_100000296648168_567049_63311_n.jpg  
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