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Raymond Smith ran the Greyhound Races concession at the Beach Boardwalk. He sold the concession in 1933, so these tokens were likely used in 1931-32. Raymond and his son Harold later founded Harold's Club in Reno.
Tokens like this were issued to each miner at a colliery - this one is from Wollaton Colliery, Nottingham. It is 4cm in diameter and made of brass. They had the miner's personal number stamped in the middle and had to be produced when claiming their pay. They were also used to show who was underground and it was the responsibility of the pit head worker to check they were all collected when the cage came to the surface at the end of the shift. Some pits had different tokens for pay and for showing who was underground.
19th century gaming tokens. I have seen these in museums and love the engraved designs, so I got myself a few on ebay.
Set includes 6 picture game cards, 60 game tokens and a CD, instructions and track list
4 years +
We have a portable CD player for hire under "music".
The signalman at Orton Mere exchanges tokens as 73050 leaves Orton Mere on one of its last running days before overhaul.
The U.S. military suspended a Marine on Thursday for distributing coins quoting the Gospel to Sunni Muslims, an incident that has enraged Iraqis who view it as the latest example of American disrespect for Islam.
These brass uni-face tokens along with the tin canister (in picture format), have been passed onto me for identification. The canister is a Lyons Coffee tin dating from WWII, but the brass tokens are earlier and date from 1929. The canister has a paper label dated 1940 on the reverse, issued by the Beth Din in London to say the contents are kosher for Passover use, so a clear Jewish connection.
Information supplied by David Frei of Beth Din tells me the inscription on the tokens reads in English when translated from the Hebrew: Knessia Hagdelo/5689/To Do Thy Will. He goes on to say that the hebrew date is for 1929 and relates to the Great Congress of Vienna in that year (that saw some 3000 delegates attend). What David has been unable to tell me is just why and in what way these tokens, commemorative pieces or currency were used. Another part of the query is to who produced the tokens, one of the German/Austrian workshops, or a British firm in Birmingham for example?
Should any one be able to answer the above query then I would be very interested in knowing more.
See the next shot for more detail of the kosher label and a token, but view the picture upside down, which relates to how the token should be viewed!