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I've looked through all of my token books and can't find anything about this particular token.

Does anyone have any information on where to get more info on this?


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  • RLSnapperRLSnapper Posts: 581 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Here is a nice companion piece for your token.
    https://www.ebay.com/itm/295565285270

  • tokenprotokenpro Posts: 884 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Miller Pa 570A / Rulau Pa-Ph-485

    This is one of the long series of tokens struck to celebrate the 1876 U.S. Centennial. They were struck by Lingg & Co. of Philadelphia incorporating store card obverses and 17 different reverse dies (not all were used with each store card) featuring Philadelphia landmarks, patriotic themes (including a Libertas Americana die), a metamorphic die and others. Merchants as far west as St. louis ordered store cards for themselves but most issuers were from NYC, Philadelphia and the Mid-Atlantic area. The vast majority were struck in white metal and they came in two different sizes as well as one oval variety.

    My late friend Arlie Slabaugh issued a small booklet cataloging the Lingg tokens and the listing was expanded by Russ Rulau in his United States Tokens catalog (see pages 577 & 578 for a more thorough discussion of the series).

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