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1. Monopoly tokens (ship, dog, and dinosaur), houses and hotels, game money, Monopoly game board
2. I wanted to show rule-of-odds with the game pieces while also keeping some aspects of chaotic gameplay in it.
3. My partner and I placed the board near sunlight going through the window.
The top 2 models are "A Token of Love #1". The model on the left is folded from 3x1 rectangle of Kami [15cm x5cm] and the other from US $1 Bills. Both models can accommodate US Quarter Dollar coins. The model folded from the US $1 Bill is only slightly larger. The bottom model is "A Token of Love #2" folded from a standard 15cm square Kami. Both versions look the same but in #2 the frame for the coin is slightly larger and is rotated by 45 degrees. The coin in #2 is an Indonesian Rp1,000.
I have posted A Token of Love #1 earlier with links to the diagrams page. - www.flickr.com/photos/61236172@N08/6398778471/in/album-72...
Halfpenny copper token
Ref: BOLMG: 1914.17.3
William Williamson, his halfpenny copper token, Newton, Manchester 1669.
Obverse [head]: HIS HALFPENNY 1669 in centre, surrounded by: William Williamson of.
Reverse: Two 'W's with flowers entwined between the letters in the centre: NEWTON ...R MANCHESTER.
Biography
This halfpenny copper token is dated 1669 and would have been used by traders in Manchester during the second half of the seventeenth century. It first came into the museum’s collection in 1914 as a purchase from S. H. Hamer of Halifax. The accession number is 1914.17 (part number .3) and the token entered the collection with five other 17th century trade tokens, all from Lancashire. The tokens were previously displayed in the Chadwick Museum, probably soon after 1914. It is unclear if they were displayed in our current museum on the Crescent recently, but you can now see this coin on display.
Some interesting facts…
Traders began minting their own coins in the 17th century as a result of a lack of small change being produced by the Royal Mint. From 1657 to 1752 many retailers, from grocers to city corporations made their own illegal money.
The coins often had local symbols and the name of the trader that produced them.
Tokens like this one only disappeared from circulation following properly constituted royal coinage in copper in 1792.
Find out more!
This token is now on display in the coin desktop found in the Europe Bay in the World Bays area of Bolton Museum.
Come and see other Lancashire tokens from Clitheroe and Blackburn alongside this one.
Do you have any information about 17th century tokens?
We would like to read any comments, especially if you know about local Lancashire tokens, or anything about Mr William Williamson of Newton, Manchester.
table of friendship
bringing heart
spirit
tokens
sharing what's living in us
sharing what's inspiring
a table of presence
a table of presents
"May my mind come alive today
To the invisible geography
That invites me to new frontiers,
To break the dead shell of yesterdays,
To risk being disturbed and changed.
May I have the courage today
To live the life that I would love,
To postpone my dream no longer
But do at last what I came here for
And waste my heart on fear no more."
—John O'Donohue
"…Every prophet sought out companions.
A wall standing alone is useless,
but put three or four walls together,
and they'll support a roof and keep
the grain dry and safe.
When ink joins with a pen, then the blank paper
can say something. Rushes and reeds must be WOVEN
to be useful as a mat. If they weren't interlaced,
the wind would blow them away.
Like that, God paired up
creatures, and gave them friendship."
-Rumi
"Breathing in, I know I am breathing in.
Breathing out, I know I am breathing out.
In/Out.
Breathing in, I see myself as a flower.
Breathing out, I feel fresh.
Flower/Fresh."
—"Thich Nhat Hanh", "Underr the Rose Apple Tree"
Here's my token Cherry Blossom shot courtesy of that little patch of garden in front of Manchester Cathedral.
Manchester, UK.
14 April, 2011.
This young girl with a young child in her arms extends her hand as does her sibling for a small token to help them. This was taken outside of St. Nîno Church in Cebu, Philippines.
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.
The signalman returns to his box as D832 continues into Ramsbottom station with the last train of the day from Rawtenstall to Bury. 11/5/2019.
In the previous photo I noted the Chicago "Y"-symbol (referring to the 3 branches of the Chicago River). That set off a recollection of the same symbol in old CTA tokens used before fare cards. I dug up one of the old tokens, and , there's the "Y" symbol (I think).
I was in a mood to shoot small this morning, and when I was contemplating what to use as my subject du jour this was staring me in the face. My husband had given it to me, thinking that it was an old, leftover New York City Subway Token. Except that when I tried to look it up this morning, it didn't turn up in NYC token history. So I looked a little further, and established that the Metropolitan Transit Authority One Fare token was a pre-1964 token from Boston. We lived in Boston in the mid-80's, so this must have been leftover from that time. I guess they were the same size as the MBTA tokens that replaced them, and they must have remained in circulation until the time that Boston replaced tokens with Charlie Cards (like NYC's Metro Cards).
This is a re-shot of the subject, because I wan't happy with the detail in the earlier shot and wanted to try something different with it.
Palmer persuaded the government to implement a project for the creation of mounted postal carriages. The experiment took place in August 1784, when the cart Palmer left London at 8:00 am and arrived in Bristol at 11 pm the same day. Later, Palmer was appointed Chief Inspector of Post office with a salary of £ 1,500 per year and the percentage of each transportation administration, although this part of the agreement has not been ratified by Parliament. But Palmer's plans to reform the postal traffic were not approved by the postal managers and in 1792 he was forced to retire with a pension of £ 3000 a year. He died in 1818.
RH&DR no.1 'Green Goddess' arrives at New Romney from Hythe and collects the New Romney - Romney Sands token from the signalman.
31.5.16
Mamiya C220/ 80mm Mamiya-Sekor lens
Ilford Delta 400
Paranol S developer
New York City Subway Tokens circa 1985.
I had a few of these and dropped them in my macro soft light box.
Strobist: Hand held, extention tube, 1/500th at f19, sb800 at about 1/64th power outside the box to upper left to give angled lighting and almost even with coins for height for low angle.
There's always a next time right? Next time, I'm going to illuminate the bottom also.
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