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Een automaat in een car wash werkt vaak op tokens. Token Company is dé producent bij uitstek van car wash tokens.
Shop sign of a Claddagh ring jeweller’s shop at High Street in the Latin Quarter of Galway City, County Galway, Ireland
Some background information:
The Claddagh ring is a traditional Irish ring. Its heart represents love, its crown stands for loyalty, and ist two clasped hands symbolize friendship. The design and customs associated with it originated in Claddagh, a small fishing village and district of Galway City. Its modern form was first produced in the 17th century. The ring is usually made of gold or silver. The traditional type doesn’t include a gem, but in the case of some contemporary ones the heart consists of or includes a gem.
There are many legends about the origins of the ring, particularly concerning Richard Joyce, a silversmith from Galway, who is said to have invented the Claddagh design as we know it. Another early designer of Claddagh rings was Bartholomew Fallon, who made Claddagh rings until circa 1700. His are among the oldest surviving examples of the Claddagh ring, in many cases bearing his signature.
An account written in 1906 by William Dillon, a Galway jeweller, claimed that the "Claddagh" ring was worn in the Aran Isles, Connemara and beyond. Knowledge of the ring and its customs spread within Ireland and Britain during the Victorian period, and this is when its name became established.
While Claddagh rings are sometimes used as friendship rings, they are most commonly used as engagement and wedding rings. Mothers sometimes give these rings to their daughters when they come of age. There are several mottos and wishes associated with the ring, such as: "Let love and friendship reign." In Ireland, the United States, Canada, and other parts of the Irish diaspora, the Claddagh is sometimes handed down mother-to-eldest daughter or grandmother-to-granddaughter.
According to the Irish author Colin Murphy, a Claddagh ring is traditionally worn with the intention of conveying the wearer's relationship status: On the right hand with the point of the heart toward the fingertips: the wearer is single and might be looking for love. On the right hand with the point of the heart toward the wrist: the wearer is in a relationship and someone "has captured her heart". On the left ring finger with the point of the heart toward the fingertips: the wearer is engaged. And finally on the left ring finger with the point of the heart toward the wrist: the wearer is married.
Galway is a city in the West of Ireland, in the province of Connacht, one of the four historic provinces of Ireland. It is also the county town of County Galway. Galway City lies on the River Corrib between Lough Corrib and Galway Bay. With a population of roughly 86,000, it is the most populous settlement in Connacht, the fifth most populous city on the island of Ireland and the fourth most populous in the Republic of Ireland.
Today, Galway has a strong local economy with complementary business sectors, including manufacturing industry, tourism, retail and distribution, education, healthcare and services that include financial, construction, cultural, and professional. But Galway is also a renowned university city. There are two university campuses located in the city, the University of Galway and the Atlantic Technological University, and the city is popular among students from home and abroad.
A 3D-printable token to release shopping carts. The key has a hole so that it can be carried on a keyring and always be available.
We provide two versions as STL files. One in the shape of a Swedish 10 kronor coin, and a blank so that it can be used for any size of coins.
Just 3D-model a simple flat cylinder in the size of your coin and (Boolean) join it with the blank.
Download the file from www.thingiverse.com/thing:490554
By Creative Tools
A 3D-printable token to release shopping carts. The key has a hole so that it can be carried on a keyring and always be available.
We provide two versions as STL files. One in the shape of a Swedish 10 kronor coin, and a blank so that it can be used for any size of coins.
Just 3D-model a simple flat cylinder in the size of your coin and (Boolean) join it with the blank.
Download the file from www.thingiverse.com/thing:490554
By Creative Tools
A 3D-printable token to release shopping carts. The key has a hole so that it can be carried on a keyring and always be available.
We provide two versions as STL files. One in the shape of a Swedish 10 kronor coin, and a blank so that it can be used for any size of coins.
Just 3D-model a simple flat cylinder in the size of your coin and (Boolean) join it with the blank.
Download the file from www.thingiverse.com/thing:490554
By Creative Tools
A 3D-printable token to release shopping carts. The key has a hole so that it can be carried on a keyring and always be available.
We provide two versions as STL files. One in the shape of a Swedish 10 kronor coin, and a blank so that it can be used for any size of coins.
Just 3D-model a simple flat cylinder in the size of your coin and (Boolean) join it with the blank.
Download the file from www.thingiverse.com/thing:490554
By Creative Tools
Here are several of the extant pewter badges that I based my wedding token on. There's one more rectangle with a pair of people that I did not include due to room. There's also another token of a woman giving a wreath to her love, also not included here. I added the bottom right piece for it's mushroom shaped trees.
More about the coloring method at www.morgandonner.com/2013/09/coloring-pewter
Maker: Scovils
Born: USA
Active: USA
Medium: token
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Location: USA
Object No. 2014.166
Shelf: E-30
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Notes: Pre Civil War Post Hard Times 1850's token Miller / Rulau NY 805 VF+. Scovill Daguerreotype Materials. Scovills 101 William St. New York
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The difference between a walk and a wander is the time spent. I had little over an hour spare once I arrived, so instead of getting some lunch, I took photos instead.
Down the street lined with shops to the town square with the large church, town hall and many wonderful looking bars and restaurants.
I was in town for a few hours for a meeting, I drove over, then drove back. As you do.
Not a bad day, but I think I will try the train next time....
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Leuven (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈløːvə(n)] ( listen); French: Louvain, pronounced: [luvɛ̃], often used in English) is the capital of the province of Flemish Brabant in Belgium. It is located about 25 kilometres (16 miles) east of Brussels, close to other neighbouring towns such as Mechelen, Aarschot, Tienen, and Wavre. The municipality itself comprises the historical city of Leuven and the former municipalities of Heverlee, Kessel-Lo, a part of Korbeek-Lo, Wilsele and Wijgmaal.
It is home to Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world's largest brewing group and one of the five largest consumer-goods companies in the world; and to the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, the largest and oldest university of the Low Countries and the oldest Catholic university still in existence.[2] It is also home to the UZ Leuven, one of the largest hospitals of Europe.
The earliest mention of Leuven ("Loven") is from 891, when a Viking army was defeated by the Frankish king Arnulf of Carinthia (see: Battle of Leuven). According to a legend the city's red and white arms depict the blood-stained shores of the river Dyle after this battle.
Situated beside this river, and near to the stronghold of the Dukes of Brabant, Leuven became the most important centre of trade in the duchy between the 11th and 14th centuries. A token of its former importance as a centre of cloth manufacture is shown in that ordinary linen cloth is known in late-14th-century and 15th-century texts as lewyn (other spellings: Leuwyn, Levyne, Lewan(e), Lovanium, Louvain).[3]
In the 15th century a new golden era began with the founding of what is now the largest and oldest university in the Low Countries, the Catholic University of Leuven, in 1425.[4]
In the 18th century the brewery Den Horen (meaning "the horn") flourished. In 1708 Sebastien Artois became the master brewer at Den Horen, and gave his name to the brewery in 1717, now part of AB InBev, whose flagship beer, Stella Artois, is brewed in Leuven and sold in many countries.
Leuven has several times been besieged or occupied by foreign armies; these include the Battle of Leuven (891), Siege of Leuven (1635) and Battle of Leuven (1831).
Both world wars in the 20th century inflicted major damage upon the city. Upon Germany's entry into World War I, the town was heavily damaged by rampaging soldiers. Some German soldiers shot the burgomaster, the university rector and all of the city's police officers.[5] In all, about 300 civilians lost their lives.[6] The university library was also destroyed on 25 August 1914, using petrol and incendiary pastilles.[7][8] 230,000 volumes were lost in the destruction, including Gothic and Renaissance manuscripts, a collection of 750 medieval manuscripts, and more than 1,000 incunabula (books printed before 1501).[8][9] The destruction of the library shocked the world, with the Daily Chronicle describing it as war not only against civilians but also against "posterity to the utmost generation."[10] It was rebuilt after the war, and much of the collection was replaced. Great Britain (on the initiative of the John Rylands Library, Manchester) and the United States were major providers of material for the replenishment of the collection.[6] The new library building was financed by the National Committee of the United States for the Restoration of the University of Louvain and built to the design of architect Whitney Warren; it was officially opened on 4 July 1928.[11]
In World War II, after the start of the German offensive, Leuven formed part of the British Expeditionary Force's front line and was defended by units of the 3rd Division and Belgian troops. From 14 to 16 May 1940, the German Army Group B assaulted the city with heavy air and artillery support. The British withdrew their forces to the River Senne on the night of 16 May and the town was occupied the next day.[12] The new university library building was set on fire by shelling on 16 May and nearly a million books were lost.
The Town Hall, built by Sulpitius van Vorst (nl), Jan II Keldermans, and, after both of them died, Matheus de Layens between 1439 and 1463 in a Brabantian late-Gothic style. In the 19th century, 236 statues were added to the exterior, each representing a prominent local scholar, artist or noble from the city’s history. The reception hall dates from 1750.
The St. Peter's Church (1425–1500) was finished by Jan Keldermans and Matheus de Layens. During the Second World War the church was damaged; during the restoration a Romanesque crypt from the 11th century was found. In the church itself there are several paintings from the 17th and 18th centuries (among others, Dirk Bouts's famous painting of the last supper) and the grave of Duke Henry I of Brabant. The 50-metre-high tower — which was meant to be 169 metres high, but was never completed — is home to a carillon. The tower was included in UNESCO's list of Belfries of Belgium and France in 1999.
Saint-Anthony's Chapel, Pater Damiaanplein, from the 17th to the 20th centuries, contains the tomb of Father Damien, the "leper priest" of Molokai, who was canonized by Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday October 11, 2009.[15][16] The Catholic Encyclopedia calls him "the Apostle of the Lepers",[17] and elsewhere he is known as the "leper priest". The Catholic priest's remains were returned in Belgium with great fanfare in 1936, after having been originally buried on the Hawaiian Island of Molokai where he had served the outcast lepers until his death.
The Linen-hall, in an early-Gothic style, with baroque addition, is today the University Hall.
The Church of Saint Michael was built in the typical Jesuit Baroque Style.
The Church of Saint Quinten incorporates remains of a Romanesque church built in the 13th century.
The University Library on the Ladeuzeplein was built by the American architect Whitney Warren. It was a gift from the American people to Leuven after World War I, during which the Germans burned down the original library. The tower houses one of the largest carillons in the world.
Totem is a statue at the centre of the Ladeuzeplein; it is a work of the Belgian artist Jan Fabre. Featuring a 23-metre-high needle impaling a giant jewelled beetle, the statue towers over the square in front of the university library.
There is a neo-Romanesque Abbey on the Keizersberg ("Emperor's Mountain"), where there once stood a 12th-century ducal castle, which was demolished in the 17th Century.
The Large Beguinage is one of the world's best remaining examples of its architectural type. It was recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site in 1998.
There are several other smaller churches and chapels throughout the town.
"Fonske" is a statue near the centre of town. Its full name is Fons Sapientiae, Latin for "fountain of wisdom". The statue represents a university student who, while reading a book, lets wisdom flow into his head as liquid from a glass. Just like Manneken Pis in Brussels, Fonske is, from time to time, dressed in costumes appropriate for specific occasions.
The 'Oude Markt' or "Old Market" square located in the center of Leuven features a vibrant social scene the center of which displays a lifesize statue of 'De Kotmadam', or "The Landlady" resting on a bench.
Lerkeveld is a famous Jesuit abbey, and headquarters of the Jesuits in Belgium.
St Anthony's College, Leuven was located in the city, on Pater Damiaanplein. The Leuven Institute for Ireland in Europe is now located on the premises.
Sint-Donatus Park contains remains of the medieval city wall
Another snap of Brush Type 2 no. 5580 as its driver prepares to swap tokens with the signalman at Glyndyfrdwy.
I've had this tiny little chap for ages, don't remember where I found it.
It's kind of spooky, is it an ancient toy, a good luck token, an evil omen the reason our world is doomed or just a silly little not so old thingy?
What do you think?
One of many that form John Aldus's art work in the pavement of Marchmont Street, tribute to the tokens left by mothers with their children at the Foundling Hospital in the hope of one day being reunited, in the hope of inspiring passers-by to think about the problems of children then, now and in the future, for which "we are all, to varying degrees, socially and environmentally responsible". It invites us to reflect on the example of the Hospital's founder, retired sea captain Thomas Coram, who was appalled to find on his return to London so many children "left to die on dung hills".
The driver of a Metro-Cammell 2 car set is leaning out of his cab to take the token from the signalman who holds it ready. The exchange is being made at Machynlleth station with a Shrewsbury - Aberystwyth train. To the far left of the scene the goods yard has a number of 4 wheeled vans in the sidings. I would guess the date at around 1971.
Peter cut this 6x6 cm neg down because of damage in the sky thus losing the top of the telegraph pole, if only he could have foretold the arrival of photoshop!
Peter Shoesmith
Copyright John Whitehouse & Geoff Dowling; All rights reserved
Copies of tokens left by the mother with her baby after she left it the nearby Foundling Hospital. The tokens are embedded in the pavement on Marchmont Street, Bloomsbury.
Replica Baldwin 2-4-2T (Keef 92/2017) running round its train at Killington Lane, Lynton & Barnstaple Railway. 15th July 2026.
Civil War Tradesman's Token
Gustavus Lindenmueller, a New York barkeeper, issued large numbers of tokens bearing his name and likeness in 1863; by some estimates he circulated as many as one million of them. The tokens were larger than a quarter and likely circulated with a value of two cents. When the Third Avenue Railroad brought him a large quantity of his tokens that it had accepted in payment for train tickets and asked him to redeem them, he blatantly refused. This is generally believed to have been the incident that brought Congress’ attention to the irresponsible nature of private money. On April 22, 1864, Congress outlawed the private issuance of any one- or two-cent coins. A month and a half later, on June 8, it prohibited private coinage of any denomination.
After all the jewelry the Purple Mage was obliged to wear as status markers, this little token of devotion is that much more precious to Nightowl.
Shoppers receive tokens to vote for local charities to receive a share of the store's monthly charity donation.
80104 runs into Corfe Castle on a service for Swanage, the fireman and signalman prepare to exchange tokens, 7/7/2011