Foreign coin and token?? SOLVED, thanks everyone!!

[daytondigger]

OK, I'm usually pretty good at identifying exonumia, however, these two have me stumped. Foreign coin found at a park yesterday, looks oriental but shares characteristics with coins from Greece. The other appears to be a token, but there are evidence of attatchments on opposite sides of the rim. My best guess would be a slug made into a love token and plated

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Re: Foreign coin and token??

Japanese 5 yen. http://www.ne.jp/asahi/aoyagi/kenji/oryza/japan/japan_e.html

 

[daytondigger]

Re: Foreign coin and token??

Japanese 5 yen. http://www.ne.jp/asahi/aoyagi/kenji/oryza/japan/japan_e.html

Thanks, I couldn't find a pic of it in my world coin book.

 

[trikikiwi]

Re: Foreign coin and token??

Nice one BigCy
and DD, can you please confirm, what are the letters on the 'love slug' ?

Mike

 

[AKiwi]

Re: Foreign coin and token??

If you attached twine/string to either side of the token and spun it.....It would read

FAIR
AND
SQUARE

Why? who knows

 

[trikikiwi]

Re: Foreign coin and token??

If you attached twine/string to either side of the token and spun it.....It would read

FAIR
AND
SQUARE

Why? who knows

Brilliant Mate

Mike

 

[Woodland Detectors]

Re: Foreign coin and token??

I need to know. How int heck did you come up with spining the token on a string for an ID? Post a link so I may educate myself on this matter. Mike

 

[IronSpike]

Re: Foreign coin and token??

Fair and square Great ID AKiwi

 

[DCMatt]

Re: Foreign coin and token??

Japanese 5 yen. http://www.ne.jp/asahi/aoyagi/kenji/oryza/japan/japan_e.html

The date on the Yen is Showa 52 which equals 1977.

DCMatt

 

[BuckleBoy]

Re: Foreign coin and token??

I need to know. How int heck did you come up with spining the token on a string for an ID? Post a link so I may educate myself on this matter. Mike

Watch a Mr. Wizard episode from the 80's.

The eyes see both sides of a two-sided token/object at the same time when it is spun fast. It's an optical illusion the same way a flip book of cartoon drawings appears to the brain like a motion picture. You don't need a link. Try it at home!


Very cool.


-Buck

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Re: Foreign coin and token??

If you attached twine/string to either side of the token and spun it.....It would read

FAIR
AND
SQUARE

Why? who knows

Im amazed at the IDs made here.

...another green check.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Re: Foreign coin and token??

Here is mention of a FAIR AND SQUARE token at auction. http://www.holabirdamericana.com/americana2002/archive/Auction10/MavsMisc.htm

942. Spin Token. Ralston/ Wheat/ Cereal/ (Spinner reveals "Fair and Square"). Loop at top for suspension. Red checkerboard pattern on spinner. 36mm x 28mm, AU. Est. $5-15


Another mention on eBay.

eBay – Cereal Other Premiums, Fast Food Cereal Premiums and Toys ... - 9:10amKelloggs Disney Tale Spin frisbee Cereal premium ab296 ..... 1932 -Ralston-Fair and Square Spinner-Seckatary Hawkins. 2 Bids. $15.50. 3d 17h 16m ...
toys.shop.ebay.com/.../Cereal__W0QQQ5ftrksidZp3286Q2ec0Q2em282QQ_dmdZ1QQ_dmptZFastQ5fFoodQ5fCerealQ5fPremiumsQQ_flnZ1Q

 

[BuckleBoy]

Re: Foreign coin and token??

Here is mention of a FAIR AND SQUARE token at auction. http://www.holabirdamericana.com/americana2002/archive/Auction10/MavsMisc.htm

942. Spin Token. Ralston/ Wheat/ Cereal/ (Spinner reveals "Fair and Square"). Loop at top for suspension. Red checkerboard pattern on spinner. 36mm x 28mm, AU. Est. $5-15


Another mention on eBay.

eBay – Cereal Other Premiums, Fast Food Cereal Premiums and Toys ... - 9:10amKelloggs Disney Tale Spin frisbee Cereal premium ab296 ..... 1932 -Ralston-Fair and Square Spinner-Seckatary Hawkins. 2 Bids. $15.50. 3d 17h 16m ...
toys.shop.ebay.com/.../Cereal__W0QQQ5ftrksidZp3286Q2ec0Q2em282QQ_dmdZ1QQ_dmptZFastQ5fFoodQ5fCerealQ5fPremiumsQQ_flnZ1Q

Cereal box prize. Now there's the ID. Great teamwork on this one.

 

[daytondigger]

Re: Foreign coin and token??

WOW!! What an awesome group of exonumia detectives we have on this forum. Great job everyone, thanks very much.