Household Cavalry Museum, Whitehall.

Prayer tokens: ema (plaques) and senbazuru (origami crane chains). Fushimi Inari Taisha, Kyoto, Japan. (digitized from a slide taken with a Nikon FM in October 1982)

Today is the last day for the OBF and I didn't muster up the courage to brave the heat, crowd, or quite frankly, anymore beer... This weekend was a beer weekend, and today I detox in the heat from the sun that blisters the bricks which make up this house. The basement is a cool place to chill, but it is dark, dingy, and dank. So now I sit, in front of the TV. the LCD tv that emits mass amounts of heat. But I can deal with that because with the heat, comes entertainment. And as I type this, I realize that this macbook emits mass amounts of heat as well, directly on to my leg... But its what I asked for; this heat. So now it is here, and I have no idea what to do with it. For now I just sit and wait for the time when the sun goes down, and it chills out a bit. Till next year OBF, till next year.

Cheers,

T.

Grazing near Latakia, Syria

Swapping tokens with the Horsted Keynes signalman

San Fransico Bridge Goodness!!

Bar token found at 1880's home on 07-12-2016. Token found is on top (both sides) with photo of token when new on bottom. Tokencatalog.com shows token made between 1904 and 1908. The M. Croghan on the token references a saloon in Staunton, VA. See video at youtu.be/Y4vK-VbbaIo

Thanks for the eye.

From Heather Schena collection. Image courtesy Eric Schena

The latest elections in Thailand.

Taken: NJ, USA.

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Playing the Royal Oak across from Barrymores on August 25, 2006

1888, Janssens Bros.

She's only there to make him look good

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Token's set at G.B.E. presents Nintechno 2011

Token-Operated Rides at Dingles Fairground Heritage Centre

Partly inspired by Lisa's Drawing a Day and her use of the Spirograph and fueled by my desire to quit my dead end, boring as all heck day job, I've been marking each day I work by making a token from a teabag. The project will continue until I find a new job as long as I can afford to buy tea.

Benched in Saskatchewan

Remains of the Past 2.

Designed to award for invited guests of the 1st Installation of All Island Schools Science Association

Jeremy

about one inch in diameter. see other side

Japanese Red Cross Society

Copper token issued by Wine and Spirit Merchant Robert McCulla of Armagh. The words "Payable at the Sign of the Clock”, are inscribed on the reverse. In 1847 McCulla ended his business partnership with William Ferris and until his death in 1857 traded under his new Clock trademark. The Sign of the Clock continued until in 1902 an extensive fire in Market street burnt his shop and destroyed McCulla’s famous clock. However The Clock Bar catered for thirsty customers from the same location until at least the 1960s. Donors: Mr. W. T. Ferris & Mr. J. Archer. (119.1968)

Typical view on the walk to work

This RFID token is used in the Shenzen metro. In Shenzen they also have RFID stored value octopus cards like hong kong. But for one time use you buy a token, wave it over the rfid reader and plop it into the exit token reader. Pretty slick and reusable.