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QBertQBert Posts: 311 ✭✭✭
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Found it when I was a kid about 30 years ago. Never have known what it was.

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    NewbNewb Posts: 1,401
    got me - kinda looks like a chimney sweep.

    ???
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    coindeucecoindeuce Posts: 13,471 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Not 100% sure, but I believe it is a political campaign token. The legend around the portrait of a gentleman in top hat and tails appears to read "The Leading and Popular...

    "Everything is on its way to somewhere. Everything." - George Malley, Phenomenon
    http://www.americanlegacycoins.com

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    QBertQBert Posts: 311 ✭✭✭
    Yes "The Leading and Popular... " is all that can be read on that side. The only thing readable on the other side is "Chestnut..."
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    coindeucecoindeuce Posts: 13,471 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Could possibly be a Hard Times Token also. The word Chestnut on other side may be part of an address, like Chestnut Street in Philadelphia.

    "Everything is on its way to somewhere. Everything." - George Malley, Phenomenon
    http://www.americanlegacycoins.com

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    BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭
    A few years late... but it's a 1860's Brass Philadelphia Merchant Token.
    To Err Is Human.... To Collect Err's Is Just Too Much Darn Tootin Fun!
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    QBertQBert Posts: 311 ✭✭✭
    Thanks - finally know what this thing is.

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