Exonumia. Anybody into it?

[Klif]

I have a pretty good group of Capitola Flour tokens from the 50's, some encased cents, lots of elongated cents, Masonic Pennies and various and sundry other medals and tokens that would fall under the exonumia hobby.

 

[the_great_white]

When my brother and I were kids, we'd wander around new construction sites and collect all the "quarters" the electricians had KO'd out of the boxes they installed. Thought we'd really found something.

And they worked in vending machines...not that I ever did that, it's just what I heard

 

[Talos]

I collect currency mostly, but I do like hard times tokens.

 

[DinkyDau]

Challenge Coins is about all

 

[SchmittZoid]

I have a pretty good group of Capitola Flour tokens from the 50's, some encased cents, lots of elongated cents, Masonic Pennies and various and sundry other medals and tokens that would fall under the exonumia hobby.

Now we're getting somewhere . . . . !

I only have one.

Z

 

[SchmittZoid]

I got big time into the Masonic Penny thing. I think I have several dozen, and one unique monster that qualifies as a paperweight.

Post up what you find most interesting. I never got too deep into the elongated's, but have a few. Encased coins, now that's another topic.

I like various festival tokens, especially if the designs are compelling. I found this one a while back. It was distributed in 1965 at a Steam Engine festival in Strum Wisconsin. What make this one most endearing to me is the fact that my parents took us kids to the Steam Engine festival in Strum that year.

Fifty-five years later, I ran across and bought the token . . . .

Z

I have a pretty good group of Capitola Flour tokens from the 50's, some encased cents, lots of elongated cents, Masonic Pennies and various and sundry other medals and tokens that would fall under the exonumia hobby.

 

[SchmittZoid]

Love the Hard Times tokens too . . . .

This one qualifies as both a Hard Times and Merchant token. One of my favorites . . . .

Z

 

[SchmittZoid]

Challenge Coins is about all

Dinky,

I only have a few challenge coins, but this one is the coolest I have.

It is the personal challenge coin of the Commanding Officer of the aircraft carrier USS Abaraham Lincoln.

VERY difficult to come by. If you got one, it most likely never left your possession . . . .

I got lucky on this piece.

Z

 

[spistols]

Does this count?

 

[Ringleader]

It's what Zoid was "doing" while on walkabout . . . . .​

I would be interested in finding "like minded" folks for buy, sell, swap.

Post 'em if you gots 'em . . . . . .

Z

Pressed coins, ancients, tokens. yep.