Help please ?

[redelf12]

Puns this token today ? It would be much appreciated .. Thx in advance :-)

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[vpnavy]

Until someone pipes in - I searched

and found a number of hits - here are just two...

• Boy Scout Item... (Dec 01, 2007)
• 1910 Boy Scout Good Luck charm with Swastika? (Jul 17, 2008)

I also searched Google and found a number of hits - here are just two...

• Excelsior Shoe Medal
• The Excelsior MEDAL Shoe For Boys

 

[texasvarmit]

Puns this token today ? It would be much appreciated .. Thx in advance :-)

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hello redelf! this is a nice find, not worth a lot, but I have never found one. This medal/good luck token is fairly common across the USA and here is another link to the same token on this forum:

http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/today-s-finds/207969-1910-boy-scouts.html#post2120653

Steve Alpert lists this exact token on page 35 of his book "Tokens and Medals a guide....." with note of value between $2 and $4 and a note saying these tokens were attached to the shoes when they were sold, so that accounts for the hole at the top of each token I suspect.

 

[redelf12]

Thank you so much !! I love metal detecting because you learn so much about things you never new :-)

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