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some mardi gras tokens

i found in a box at the folks the other day.
they measure 1 1/2 inches across so theyre sizeable aluminum pieces.
all have smooth edges except the choctaw indian one. it has reeded edge.
two have the same obverse but different reverses.
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  • llafoellafoe Posts: 7,220 ✭✭
    SHOW YOUR... Tokens! image
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  • mingotmingot Posts: 1,807 ✭✭✭
    not tokens.

    doubloons!

    FYI - the obverse date is the date the krewe (or club) started. The reverse is the actual date of "issue".
  • OldEastsideOldEastside Posts: 4,602 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>SHOW YOUR... Tokens! image >>



    I'm kinda scared to show you anything especially BEADS after that Marilyn Monroe thingimage

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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Neat tokens.... even better if you were there to get them... and some beads too .... of course,,,image Cheers, RickO
  • RunnersDadRunnersDad Posts: 1,080 ✭✭✭
    Some of them have good value as they are passed/thrown out in very limited quantities. There are also several Krews that throw out Gold doubloons or at least they did in the past when gold was much cheaper. Thanks for posting!
    Mike

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  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 29,167 ✭✭✭✭✭
    nice tokens.
  • cladkingcladking Posts: 28,720 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Some of them have good value as they are passed/thrown out in very limited quantities. There are also several Krews that throw out Gold doubloons or at least they did in the past when gold was much cheaper. Thanks for posting! >>




    They make lots of gold and silver doubloons but so far as I know they are never
    thrown. Almost every issue there will be a couple or few dozen of them in gold
    and silver and these are not especially difficult to come by, or at least the silver
    ones can be found. Most are presented to the krewe leaders and other notables
    such as A Sharpe who designs many of the tokens.

    These tokens come in a very wide variety of themes and purposes and many are
    more properly called medals because they celebrate a thing or place. There are
    several that are good fors including one soap token. There are hundreds of ad-
    vertising tokens which are my favorite though I collect all of them. designs have
    a tendency to be mediocre but there are lots of superb ones as well.

    Pensacola and Mobile, Alabama also have throws used very much like the New
    Orleans issues.

    There must be a remarkable number of these available when all the different col-
    ors of aluminum and metals (bronze too) are included (25,000?).

    I often wonder if these things give the city any problem with plugging drains and
    gumming up the works. I also wonder how many million were lost in the flood.
    tempus fugit extra philosophiam.
  • MercuryMercury Posts: 1,052 ✭✭✭✭
    Mardi Gras Doubloons are collected in New Orleans. The ones you pictured are aluminum. The older ones can be found in Silver and Bronze and are worth alot more.

    There is a collectors club called the Crescent City Doubloon Traders. There website is Club Website

    You have doubloon from three diffrent krews. Krews are what the clubs that put on the parades are called.

    Alla

    Choctaw

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  • BBQnBLUESBBQnBLUES Posts: 1,803
    Well I've got 22 ELVIS Doubloons (in different colors) from 9 different krews... think they might be worth anything ? ha
  • CameonutCameonut Posts: 7,361 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Here is my one and only doubloon. Mystic Nites of Juma, Jean Lafitte Pirates, 1979.
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  • bolivarshagnastybolivarshagnasty Posts: 7,352 ✭✭✭✭✭
    These were given to my Dad in '72 by a local parade official. We were living in Destrahan, Louisiana just outside of New Orleans. Dad was a construction superintendant rebuilding a grain elevator that had blown up. They are heavier than a normal aluminum doubloon. Dad always believed they were
    actual gold and silver. Clad, solid, colored brass, I do not know. Nice artwork on them however. Mel

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