Abe Lincoln token?

[Crawdigger]

My father-in-law was showing me some old coins he inherited and isaw a couple I've never seen before. I was hoping you guys could help me identify and maybe their rarity and worth.
The second token says it was made from metal recovered from the USS Constitution.
Thanks guys!

 

[Crawdigger]

Here are the others. They failed to upload. Sorry.

 

[nhbenz]

Constellation, rather than Constitution. I see many listed in the $45 area, but haven't looked up actual selling prices.

Edit: a few recently sold in the $30 area. http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_fro..._ipg=50&_nkw=Struck+from+constellation&_sop=3

 

[Crawdigger]

I apologize. You are correct. Did you happen to see approximately when and why these were made?

 

[Old Dude]

I just today received The Red Book-A Guide Book of US Tokens and Medals. After a quick look through it, I do not see your Lincoln piece. Will give it a more thorough look and let you know if I find it.

 

[Crawdigger]

I just today received The Red Book-A Guide Book of US Tokens and Medals. After a quick look through it, I do not see your Lincoln piece. Will give it a more thorough look and let you know if I find it.

thanks old dude! I have a suspicion that it's fairly modern as well. If antique it's in very good shape with hardly any wear. Thanks for looking!

 

[nhbenz]

This seems to tell the story of their creation (regarding the Consellation coin): THE CONSTELLATION SOUVENIR MEDAL

 

[Crawdigger]

This seems to tell the story of their creation (regarding the Consellation coin): THE CONSTELLATION SOUVENIR MEDAL

Great work nhbenz! And great article! Thanks a bunch!

 

[Doubter in MD]

My Dad had a Constellation token. I had completely forgotten about it and I have no idea where it is today. One of my siblings may have it. I also didn't realize it allowed you to tour the ship for free. Oh, well. Thanks for posting these. It brought back some fond childhood memories.

 

[Crawdigger]

Glad to hear it brought back good memories! Thanks!

 

[rage1398]

The Abraham Lincoln token was put out by Shell, if you collected all of the presidents you could get a prize. More info Abraham Lincoln commemorative coin | Shell president medal - Coin Community Forum

 

[Tony in SC]

The Lincoln Token is probably from one of the collector sets that given away as promotional pieces buy different companies from the 30's to the 60's. I think the last ones were from Shell Oil in the 60's and were aluminum. If you collected all the aluminum tokens, you could win a set of 35 brass presidential coins. The other sets were earlier and were brass or bronze. I don't remember who gave them away. Tony

 

[Crawdigger]

Thanks guys! I'd mark this one solved if I knew how. Lol