Washington coverup

[halfdime]

Spent another afternoon at my church owned site with two old homesites on the property. At about 1.5", I got a solid quarter signal and thought clad. Imagine my surprise to see the lovely glow of silver in the form of a 42 Washington. Glancing again in the hole, I saw a smaller disk that turned out to be a 56 Jefferson; the back of the quarter has a faint outline of the nickel on it. I found the usual cast of characters: wheats and clads, with some other unusual finds. Folded almost in half, I found a token with a profile of Gary Cooper on the front; on the back, the phrase, "Paramount Star" and, at the bottom, "Popsicle." I'll begin a search, but might anyone know when this premium appeared? I also found another in the (1968?) series of antique car tokens given away by Sunoco. I really have to get a camera for some of these things. So far, I've been able to leave 44 and 45 Mercuries as appreciation to my host.

 

[PBK]

The Gary Cooper token is from a series of movie star tokens issued by Popsicle in the 1930's. I'm not sure whether they came packaged with singles or boxes of Popsicles, were handed out by vendors with Popsicle purchases, or wrappers had to mailed in to receive the tokens. Other featured stars included Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, Claudette Colbert, Marion Davies, Marie Dressler, Clive Brock, Frederic March, Jack Oakie, Constance Bennett, Johnny Weissmuller, and Richard Arlen. It's not unusual for them to bring $5 or more, depending on the star, condition, etc.

 

[james 101]

wtg sounds like you had a great day

 

[halfdime]

Thanks, PBK! You either know the material or know where to look (both are vital).

 

[Boobydoo]

Thanks, PBK! You either know the material or know where to look (both are vital).

Our friend PBK, the Doctor of Knowledge!!!

Sounds like you had a fantastic day out there halfdime. Congrats!
Hope you get that camera soon, we would love to see your treasures!

Smiles!
BDoo

 

[Snee]

Very nice!

 

[ringfinder]

Sounds like you had a great day, can't wait to see the pictures from your new camera.

HH, Ringfinder

 

[Postalrevnant]

Definately another awesome day.

Congratulations,

Rev

 

[Night Stalker]

The message line reminded me of the jfk conspiricy theory

Looks like you had a good time.....congrats on the GC token!