Some finds from this month...

Riccar · June 28, 2007 2:01AM

Nothing valuable (monetarily), but a few fun oldies for this month.

ring, rolled penny/ key fob from SF's 1940 Int. Expo, silver war nickel, 1946 silver Roosevelt, 1901 V-nickel:

1940 fob ("1940 San Francisco, Treasure Island, Golden Gate, Intl Exposition")

Had to scrub this one to get a date off of it

My favorite find for the month is not that valuable but it has some fun history to it.
1874 Rail Road token
"Oakland, Brooklyn, & Fruitvale RR Company"
"One Fare, 1874"

Can you imagine these going down the street over 100 years ago?
(and handing the guy in the fancy uniform a token? )
Oh, and with all the horses in the street?... watch your step!

Here's a better example I found on the web along with an old pic:

If you want to read more about this "railroad company" check out this page:
1874 RR Company

HH everyone!

ricko · June 28, 2007 2:41AM

Nice collection of finds.... great fun... Cheers, RickO

loditom · June 28, 2007 3:02AM

Some cool find's Ric,I like that rolled penny that is really cool.

Hey I found one of those same Fruitvale token's a few year's ago in GGP when I was over there hunting with MT in the spooky woods

HH,Tom

kevinstang · June 28, 2007 3:09AM

Nice finds, I like the detail on the rolled penny.

CoinOnTheCob · June 28, 2007 3:40AM

<< <i>Nice finds, I like the detail on the rolled penny. >>

Right. I was wondering if the date of the penny is still visible.

Riccar · June 28, 2007 6:08AM

<< <i>Nice finds, I like the detail on the rolled penny.
Right. I was wondering if the date of the penny is still visible. >>

I wondered if I would be able to see details, but the back is very smooth.

<< <i>Hey I found one of those same Fruitvale token's a few year's ago in GGP when I was over there hunting with MT in the spooky woods >>

Doesn't surprise me... I wonder what's NOT in the spooky woods over there at GGP!

Interesting find... was your token pretty worn, or did it come out in decent shape?