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ZAO
ISLAND
THE WRIGHT WAY TO PLAY
NO
CASH
VALUE
Date: Circa 2005
Source Type: Token
Publisher, Printer, Photographer: Unknown
Postmark: Not Applicable
Collection: Steven R. Shook
Remark: This token appears in tokencatalog.com, the premier source for token information.
Copyright 2014. Some rights reserved. The associated text may not be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without prior written permission of Steven R. Shook.
A wet Sunday at Corfe Castle station and a novel way to exchange tokens as 80104 sits in the Up platform with a local mixed train
I've been hoping to get a shot of this behavior - male Great Egret presenting nesting material to female.
Copper token made in 1811 by William Booth to draw attention away from his forging activities.
Accession number: 1979 N40
A scene from the third day of the 'Royal Forest of Steam' event at the Dean Forest Railway, Sunday 09 June 2019. The Norchard Signalman issues the single line token to the crew of GWR Prairie loco no. 5541 at the start of the day's operations.
BARTHOLOMEW & McCLELLAND
DRY GOODS BOOTS SHOES
&C
IND.
VALPARISO.
UNITED STATES
CAPITAL
1863
Date: 1863
Source Type: Civil War token
Publisher, Printer, Photographer: Bartholomew & McClelland; token manufactured by Henry Darius Higgins of Mishawaka, Indiana
Postmark: Not applicable
Collection: Steven R. Shook
Remark: Note that Valparaiso is incorrectly spelled as Valpariso on this token. An attempt has also been made to "punch" the token, likely in order to remove it from circulation.
During the American Civil War, coins issued by the government began to experience a severe decrease in circulation as citizens hoarded coins containing gold, silver, and copper. As a result, transacting business became increasingly difficult as the war progressed. Many merchants therefore contracted to have private minters produce tokens as a proxy for government issued coinage. Today, these tokens are referred to as "store cards."
H. A. Ratterman, of Cincinnati, Ohio, was the first merchant to circulate privately minted tokens during the fall of 1862. The United States Congress, however, banned the usage of non-government issued coins on June 8, 1864, when it enacted 18 U.S.C. § 486; this law made the minting and usage of privately minted coins illegal and punishable by a prison term of up to five years, a fine of up to $2,000, or both.
In Valparaiso, the dry goods merchants Bartholomew & McClelland issued two types of copper tokens. Both types have one side that is nearly identical, reading "BARTHOLOMEW & McCLELLAND - DRY GOODS - VALPARAISO, IND. - BOOTS SHOES &c." One version of the token has a reverse side reading "UNITED STATES CAPITAL 1863" and includes an image of the capitol building in Washington, D.C. and eight stars; note that this misspells Valparaiso as Valpariso.
The other version of the token, which is the rarer of the two, has a reverse side reading "THE FLAG OF OUR UNION 1863" and includes an image of the American flag with a Liberty cap atop the flag pole and thirteen stars.
The capital and flag designs are attributed to Henry Darius Higgins, an optician from Mishawaka, St. Joseph County, Indiana. Higgins was apparently a craftsman. Besides eyeglasses, he produced sinking dies for tokens, barometers, false teeth, and guns. Due to his tokens' homemade appearance, they are commonly referred to today as "Indiana Primitives." Higgins produced tokens for merchants located in northern Indiana and southern Michigan, and they were produced in very limited quantities. As a result, most of Higgins' token are quite scarce.
Artillus V. Bartholomew and Marquis L. McClelland formed a partnership in the dry goods business in Valparaiso in 1862, a partnership that continued for four years when McClelland left the partnership to become the cashier of the First National Bank of Valparaiso. Bartholomew continued in the dry goods business for many years after the dissolution of the partnership, forming a business partnership with Valparaiso residents Stephen Finney and Claus Specht.
This token appears in tokencatalog.com, the premier source for token information.
⦿ Fuld No. IN915A-2a; rarity R6 (20 to 75 examples known to exist)
⦿ Unlisted in Wagaman
⦿ Token Catalog No. 390064
Sources:
Blickensderfer, Scott. 2008. Bartholomew & McClelland, Valparaiso, Indiana. The Civil War Token Journal 42(1):11-33.
Fuld, George, and Melvin Fuld. 1975. U.S. Civil War Store Card. Second Edition. Lawrence, Massachusetts: Quarterman Publications, Inc. 615 p.
Wagaman, Lloyd E. 1981. Indiana Trade Tokens. Fairfield, Ohio: Indiana-Kentucky-Ohio Token and Medal Society. 302 p.
TokenCatalog.com
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OPA stands for Office of Price Administration
Rationing was first started in 1942. Items that were rationed include canned goods, meats, sugar, coffee, tires, gas and more.
The Office of Price Administration used OPA stamps, coins and chits for rationing.
OPA coins (commonly called OPAs) were used for change for food.
OPAs were used by retailers to give change back for food bought with ration stamps.
Blue tokens were used for processed foods; red tokens for meats and fats.
OPAs were first issued in 1944
Stopped being issued in 1945
Nobody has found a true reason for the letters on the OPA's. Theories include, they are random; demographics; and prevention of counterfitting.
Red letter combinations known. HC, HT, MV, MM, TH, TY, UC, UH, UT, UV, UX, UY, VC, VH, VT, VU, VX, VY, XC, XH, XT, XU, XV, XY, YC, YH, YT, YU, YV, YX.
Blue letter combinations known. CC, CH, CT, CV, CX, HH, HU, HV, HX, HY, TC, TT, TU, TV, TX, UU, VV, WC, WH, WT, WU, WW, XX, YY
The rarest is the red MV. The next rarest are the red MM and the blue WW, WC, WH. Then blue WU, HX and red YC, XC. The rest are fairly easy to find. Reds are a lot more common than blues.
Error OPAs are worth a little more. There is a good example at the end of this page.
Tokens used for rationing during World War II
There are 30 different red tokens and 24 blue ones.
They are all vulacanized fiber (celluloid) and 16mm in size.
Blue ones read: OPA Blue Point 1 (with two different letters)
Red ones read: OPA Red Point 1 (with two different letters)
Courtesy of Token Bob wwwdot/fantasticpricesdotcom/
UK advertising disc (aluminium, 1930s?) for Peek Frean's Teddy Bear biscuits showing a Teddy Bear. Peek Frean is a very well known London biscuit maker. The maker is Wright & Son of Edgware. Photo provided by Philip Mernick.
UK advertising disc (aluminium, 1930s?) for Peek Frean's Teddy Bear biscuits showin a Teddy Bear. Peek Frean is a very well known London biscuit maker. The maker is Wright & Son of Edgware. Photo provided by Philip Mernick.
These are Peseta Tokens for use at the Siete Puertas Restaurant and bar located in the Alameda district of Sevilla, Spain, circa 1963.
United States, Six Seated Liberty Dimes, 1882-1884. This brooch (a pin made of more than one love token is called a brooch) connects six dimes with jump rings to each other and a precast jeweler’s bar pin back. On each coin is a distinct hammered and engraved pattern that surrounds an engraved name. The complete field of each coin is filled with geometric, floral, curvy, and straight marks. Although the pieces are all linked together, the design on each token is one-of-a-kind.
A 1793 British Conder Token from the city of York in Yorkshire. The coin was locally minted in 1793 as replacement currency during a shortage of small copper coins minted by the government. It features York Minster on the front and Clifford's Tower on the back.
The weekend of 8 - 10 September 2017 saw the Steam Gala of the Pontypool & Blaenavon Railway, there were two visiting guest locomotives, one of them being Ivatt 2-6-2T numbered 41312, normally resident on the Mid-Hants Railway. In this image this versatile locomotive is seen at Furnace Sidings (the headquarters of the railway) working the 17.07 Coed Avon to Whistle Inn, a non-stop working, hence the exhaust seen emanating from the chimney. Close inspection will show the firemen on the footplate about to hand over the token from Coed Avon to Furnace Sidings, his other arm is raised to collect the token for the short journey to Whistle Inn. I watched the token exchange which was executed to perfection, pretty good for a non-professional railwayman. (Any error with the exchange could have been very painful for the 'window-hanger' in the first carriage.)
One of a series of medals issued by Peter Kempson in 1797. It shows the New Meeting House in Moor Street which was destroyed in the riots of 1791.
Accession number: 1939 N164
Had to post something transit related, here are some of the better pieces in my small collection of transit tokens.
From top left:
- Des Moines Area Metropolitan Transit Authority, Des Moines, IA
- Bloomington-Normal Public Transit System, Bloomington-Normal, IL
- Beloit Transit System, Beloit, WI
- Minneapolis Street Railway Co. Minneapolis, MN
- City of Mankato bus service, Mankato, MN
- Janesville Transit system, Janesville, WI
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Don't be a thief! Please do not use this photo without first asking for permission, thank you.
Obverse cud @ K 8-9:30 on first coin and cud @ K 8-10 - cud progression 1+2. Die crack @ K 7:30 at second token.
Reverse die crack @ K 9:30 and inwards at second token.
These tokens were issued in the early 1970's and used until 2002 they are not marked by year (1934 is the year commission was established not the year tokens were produced).
The Commission decided to end the redemption program as of July 1, 2005.
Not sure of the details of this trade token from 1838. Coin is in poor condition but is the size of the Canadian halfpenny bank tokens of the period.
The electronic 'Token' has just been received for 1Z25 to proceed through the section from Helensburgh to Garelochhead.
19-4-25
Notice that the corresponding area on the reverse appear weakly struck!
These tokens were issued in the early 1970's and used until 2002 they are not marked by year (1934 is the year commission was established not the year tokens were produced).
The Commission decided to end the redemption program as of July 1, 2005.