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Check out this funky token...1869 Marnoch Banffshire (ex. Norweb)

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  • 1960NYGiants1960NYGiants Posts: 3,500 ✭✭✭✭

    Scottish communion token. Nice addition.

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  • SeattleSlammerSeattleSlammer Posts: 10,023 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited February 7, 2017 7:36PM

    "MARNOCH, a parish, in the county of Banff, 8½ miles (S. W. by S.) from Banff; containing the village of Aberchirder. This parish was originally called Aberchirder, a name taken, as is supposed, from the estate of Sir David Aberkerder, Thane of Aberkerder, who lived about the year 1400. The term now applied to the parish is derived from Saint Marnoch. The church is a very plain building, erected in the earlier part of the present century. There are places of worship for members of the Free Church, Episcopalians, Baptists, the United Secession, and Roman Catholics."

  • mercurydimeguymercurydimeguy Posts: 4,625 ✭✭✭✭

    This graded as well (that was key to me)...AU53 (less important, just wanted to make sure it straight graded, which it did).

  • ashelandasheland Posts: 23,285 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Cool piece!

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  • TwoKopeikiTwoKopeiki Posts: 9,722 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice token! What's the composition? Iron?


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  • mercurydimeguymercurydimeguy Posts: 4,625 ✭✭✭✭

    @TwoKopeiki said:
    Nice token! What's the composition? Iron?

    Here is some info on Communion Tokens.

    This one specifically is Ex Tanenbaum & Norweb. A nice pickup on eBay :)

  • TwoKopeikiTwoKopeiki Posts: 9,722 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @mercurydimeguy said:

    @TwoKopeiki said:
    Nice token! What's the composition? Iron?

    Here is some info on Communion Tokens.

    This one specifically is Ex Tanenbaum & Norweb. A nice pickup on eBay :)

    Thanks for the link! Lots of good info.

    Practically all of the earliest communion tokens were made of lead or pewter, while more modern examples exist in aluminum, tin, brass, zinc, copper, wood, and ivory.


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