encased coin

[seas1to2]

hunting a park in Bartow FL I found this encased coin.it has a 1950 wheat.It say....keep me an you will have good luck,on the other side is Lownsbury Chevrolet 801 front st. Toledo Ohio.. then a # on the bottom 9232.. Anybody have on info. on this. I looked on the web but couldn't find the dealership so have no idea how old this maybe be.It was only about 1" deep in the dirt an took some cleaning.

 

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[Copperhead]

sorry seas, no info..but nice find!...now don't lose it..like the unlucky fella who had it did...

 

[BioProfessor]

I would almost bet it was handed out when the penny was new. Maybe some sort of token for taking a test drive or buying a car. I don't know why it was serialized unless that was just the manufacturer's way of filling an order.

I would send an email to customer service at the Chevrolet Division of General Motors if you have no luck elsewhere. They will have a record of the dealership.

I would try the local library. Sometimes they have a collection of old phone books. If they don't they may be able to find it through interlibrary loan. If you know anyone in Washington, DC the Library of Congress has (as far as I know, a copy of all phone books going back to the late 1800's. Maybe they would go look it up for you.

Good luck with the search.

Daryl

 

[jglunt]

Common advertising item in the 50's. Many of the ones I've seen were shaped like a horseshoe with the penny inside and decorated with shamrocks. The number may be a phone number. 4 digit phone numbers were common then too.

Jim

 

[Mackaydon]

Seas:
I think that company is a successor to The Lownsbury Motor Sales Co. that sold Chevies in the 30s, when they were located at 403-6th Street in Toledo. You might try an eMail to the Lucas County Public Library in Toledo.
Don....

 

[dingode]

I live in Toledo and I talked to a guy that is 65yrs old, and he doesn't remember it. Sorry I couldn 't help more.

Erin

 

[jeff of pa]

Look Closely.
Any chance there was a Loop Attached at one time.

Could have been a Key Chain Fob.

 

[seas1to2]

Look Closely.
Any chance there was a Loop Attached at one time.

Could have been a Key Chain Fob.

100% sure it was not a key chain or had anything else attached to it... the # on the bottom is not a phone #,seen other coins same as this 1 on e-bay an they had a diffrent #. thanks for all that have answer.........

 

[Jazen]

I'm pretty sure the four letter number is a dealer code number.