found a very "token?"

[dirtlooter]

I found this tiny "token" yesterday. it took a while to clean and I finally used electrolysis to clean it good to read. one side has a 10 in the center with 4 stars around it. The other side says I believe, "GRIMLAND PLAY COIN" with a big star in the middle. it is very thin and was about 3 to 4 inches deep. my wife just found it on the internet and it was an amusement park type token. it sure is thin and tiny for a token.

 

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[against the wind]

Congrats on the play money token.

 

[Willieg]

That's a cool token! Well done

 

[dirtlooter]

when I first saw it, I was hoping it was a trime. I was quickly disappointed. LOL

 

[Willieg]

when I first saw it, I was hoping it was a trime. I was quickly disappointed. LOL

Lol I bet. It looks about that size.

 

[dirtlooter]

yeah, one thing about this sport, there are a lot of up and downs...highs and lows too!

 

[VooDoo710]

Well done on that find .

 

[Ammoman]

LOL i feel your pain when it comes to those toy tokens. Sometimes i see the glint silver and get all excited only to find it to be a tokin. That's not to say i don't like toy tokens, i just prefer silver if given a choice.

 

[Mackaydon]

From a German tin toy cash box labeled Kasse and Germany. ca 1940s.
Set contains at least coins 5, 10, 50 and 10 and 20 Kinder-geld notes.
Source:https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces108085.html
Another source of information:
a few hours of digging
Post #10 there: "The play coin was manufactured in the late 1940's and was produced by the Grimland brothers of Jacksonville, Florida. The company moved to Waco, Texas in 1948 or 1949 and soon went bankrupt. They were taken over by Waco-Tex, which became Grove-Tex, the makers of UNCLE SAM PLAY MONEY... There are 2,000 to 5,000 of the play coin you found estimated to exist..."

Don....

 

[dirtlooter]

From a German tin toy cash box labeled Kasse and Germany. ca 1940s.
Set contains at least coins 5, 10, 50 and 10 and 20 Kinder-geld notes.
Source:https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces108085.html
Another source of information:
a few hours of digging
Post #10 there: "The play coin was manufactured in the late 1940's and was produced by the Grimland brothers of Jacksonville, Florida. The company moved to Waco, Texas in 1948 or 1949 and soon went bankrupt. They were taken over by Waco-Tex, which became Grove-Tex, the makers of UNCLE SAM PLAY MONEY... There are 2,000 to 5,000 of the play coin you found estimated to exist..."

Don....

wow, thanks a lot. you just added even more value to me with this. They sure made them super thin. again thanks for the info.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Cool token!

 

[trdking]

I love the funny money. They made it small so A It could not get mistaken for currency and B Smaller than larger so the kids would lose it easily and need more.