Movie Theatre Token

[BeenThere DugThat]

After almost a month break I'm starting to get back out. Fall is here and the weeds are starting to die. It's almost time to revisit some spots that were grown over from earlier this year.

I found this cool movie theatre token on a hillside.


It says "Will accept this coin as 10c on the purchase of a dollar book of tickets" on the back. Could anyone tell me how old it might be?

I also found a 1922 Pittsburgh Railways Token, 1910 & 1945 Wheaties, and 11 cents in clad. I'm soaking the Railways Token and 1910 penny. I may have an S mint mark on the 1910 or it's corrosion. I'll find out soon.

Thanks for looking. I'll be catching up on all you guys posts from the past month.

 

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[Steve in PA]

Good idea, I added pics to that page.

I don't see your pics on that page. Maybe you can add a link to this post?

 

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[Jaysix]

Awesome token!

 

[sutphin]

NEEET TOKEN AND IM NOT JOKING.

 

[idahotokens]

MH - in response to your question about how rare this token may be: If you compare the rarity of coins to that of tokens, most coins start out by being relatively dirt common in comparison. Take the 1909-S VDB Lincoln cent which is the rarest of the series. 484,000 of them were minted. The typical trade token was made in quantities of 1000 or less. Your Theater piece might be an exception with perhaps as many as 10,000 (we may never know for sure since few records survive). But here is where a lot of folks get off track. Rarity does not equal value. That is because of the law of supply and demand. Coins have a large and well-developed collector body. There a thousands of collectors interested in coins enough to pay what the supply demands. But token collectors are comparatively scarce and the market for tokens isn't very established. So, the bottom line is your token is extremely rare but would probably bring only $10 or so in an auction widely seen by token collectors.

John

Thanks for the link. I was having trouble finding a match online while googling the token. I'm curious how rare of a find this token may be. I found it near a cliff in one of Pittsburgh's many hills. It pays off to go to those hard to reach places.

 

[wagbert]

I have found that by using my left hand to cover your avatar, I can take my time to view your posts of many nice finds without having a seizure. Congrats on the cool token!

 

[Phishfindr]

Nice token! Congrats!

 

[BeenThere DugThat]

I don't see your pics on that page. Maybe you can add a link to this post?

Did you click the photo tab?

 

[BeenThere DugThat]

I have found that by using my left hand to cover your avatar, I can take my time to view your posts of many nice finds without having a seizure. Congrats on the cool token!

Hahaha sorry about that, thanks for the comment!

 

[BeenThere DugThat]

MH - in response to your question about how rare this token may be: If you compare the rarity of coins to that of tokens, most coins start out by being relatively dirt common in comparison. Take the 1909-S VDB Lincoln cent which is the rarest of the series. 484,000 of them were minted. The typical trade token was made in quantities of 1000 or less. Your Theater piece might be an exception with perhaps as many as 10,000 (we may never know for sure since few records survive). But here is where a lot of folks get off track. Rarity does not equal value. That is because of the law of supply and demand. Coins have a large and well-developed collector body. There a thousands of collectors interested in coins enough to pay what the supply demands. But token collectors are comparatively scarce and the market for tokens isn't very established. So, the bottom line is your token is extremely rare but would probably bring only $10 or so in an auction widely seen by token collectors.

John

Very insightful. That made a lot of sense. Thanks.

 

[jewelerguy]

very cool token