1923 movie token

Exintrick

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Well, I've been a member here for a little over two years and have made a total of 2 posts. Decided it was time to quit lurking so much and start actually posting some of my finds.

Here's a token I found last week in my backyard. It's from a 1923 silent movie "The Courtship Of Miles Standish". The movie was a bomb ended up financially ruining the star and main backer, Charles Ray. No known copies of the movie exist today. It's not in great condition, but up until a couple days ago was the oldest verifiable item I've dug (beat it with a 1913 wheatie on Saturday).

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Anyone have any good tips on cleaning? All I've done so far is water and a soft toothbrush to get the Okie red clay off of it. It actually looks considerably better in real life. Gotta brush up on my photography skills.

Thanks for looking!
Exintrick
 

BigWaveDave

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I would leave it as is... those old tokens can be pretty fragile.
 

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Exintrick

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