I sure hope they allow smoking inside the Long Beach Show.....

coinsarefun · February 5, 2013 2:37PM

...........otherwise the fat man can't come inside and bring his girlfriends and one bro to be entombed

I'm bringing some tokens and various other coins to be graded and some to be imaged by Todd.

btw......not just moderns, some classics as well

Myqqy · February 5, 2013 2:42PM

They smoked weed back in 1860? huh...

coinsarefun · February 5, 2013 2:44PM

<< They smoked weed back in 1860? huh...

>>

Token collectors did.....they said they had all the fun

LotsoLuck · February 5, 2013 2:47PM

Can you get Todd to make his eyes red?

coinsarefun · February 5, 2013 2:48PM

<< Can you get Todd to make his eyes red?

>>

lmao

I'll ask him

TwoSides2aCoin · February 5, 2013 6:17PM

Just wait until someone comes up with a better token touting the pleasure of

HAM
For example:

" Nothing beats spam, but the taste of smoked ham " , or
" We're stuck on the beans, what are you smoking "... or
" Fill in the blank, we missin' D_ tail."

I enjoy tokens and wish I could join ya.

determined · February 5, 2013 8:17PM

<< They smoked weed back in 1860? huh...

>>

"Weed" on that 1860's token refers to tobacco. "Weed" referring to marijuana is a more modern invented use of the word.

In fact you can see a box of Regalias cigars on the reverse of that token.

"At the beginning of the Civil War in the early 1860’s stores still offered cigars in large boxes. ... Regalias and Londres were two of the most popular."

- from Earliest Cigar Boxes

CaptHenway · February 5, 2013 9:01PM

You know, I have known that token for a long time, and it never occurred to me that that was a box of cigars!

mrearlygold · February 5, 2013 10:38PM

<< They smoked weed back in 1860? huh...

>>

Actually back thousands of years

CoinZip · February 5, 2013 10:53PM

<< You know, I have known that token for a long time, and it never occurred to me that that was a box of cigars! >>

This is the first time I have ever seen the token, when I saw the crossed pipes and box, I assumed it was a box of pipe tobacco until I read your post....

OldEastside · February 5, 2013 11:42PM

I didn't realize Rush Limbaugh was that old

Steve

coinsarefun · February 6, 2013 12:20AM

<< I didn't realize Rush Limbaugh was that old

Steve >>

Kaline6 · February 6, 2013 12:22AM

That 68 Franklin gave me a good smile, thanks!

coinsarefun · February 6, 2013 12:31AM

<< 

<< They smoked weed back in 1860? huh...

>>

Actually back thousands of years >>

Cannabis in China

The earliest record of man's use of cannabis comes from the island of Taiwan located off the coast of mainland China.
In this densely populated part of the world, archaeologists have unearthed an ancient village site dating back
over 10,000 years to the Stone Age.

Now back to this token motif and its references to "weed" as I have never personally done the drug but do smoke cigarettes

This token was voted for listing in The "100 Greatest American Medals and Tokens book"

Here is the page it is listed on but do not pay attention to the prices as the realized prices are much higher

crazyhounddog · February 6, 2013 12:38AM

<< I didn't realize Rush Limbaugh was that old

Steve >>

This thread is a riot!!

coinsarefun · February 6, 2013 12:40AM

A few other tid bits of information is below.

There is a silver version as I have below, very few made.

A member Broadstuck and I were discussing this one as it has been obviously defaced and I have always thought it rather curious.

He came up with a theory........It sounds quite plausible, see below......

It could very well have been defaced by a member of the Anti-Tobacco Society

George Trask, a Massachusetts minister who founded the American Anti-Tobacco Society in
1850, visited schools around the country and urged young people to take the Band of Hope
pledge: "I hereby solemnly promise to abstain from the use of all Intoxicating
Liquors as a beverage; I also promise to abstain from the use of Tobacco in all forms,
and all Profane Language." In the 1890s Lucy Page Gaston adopted a similar strategy,
leading boys and girls in the Clean Life Pledge: "I hereby pledge myself with the
help of God to abstain from all intoxicating liquors as a beverage and from the use of
tobacco in any form."

Tiny · February 6, 2013 1:05AM

I bet they didn't have any of this back then.

FYI Are you going to get the ASEs graded because if you are they look just like the ones
I sent the host last year and were 91d, all 16 of them. They came out of a Dansco holder
and a year before that I sent in 10 that looked just like yours and they graded all of them.
Go Figure?

coinsarefun · February 6, 2013 1:17AM

<< FYI Are you going to get the ASEs graded because if you are they look just like the ones
I sent the host last year and were 91d, all 16 of them. They came out of a Dansco holder
and a year before that I sent in 10 that looked just like yours and they graded all of them.
Go Figure? >>

Yes, I am bring some in for grading. We shall see how I fair

I will post the trueviews.

CaptHenway · February 6, 2013 1:20AM

<< I didn't realize Rush Limbaugh was that old

Steve >>

Maybe if he would smoke a bowl or two he might mellow out........

Type2 · February 6, 2013 1:32AM

<< 

<< FYI Are you going to get the ASEs graded because if you are they look just like the ones
I sent the host last year and were 91d, all 16 of them. They came out of a Dansco holder
and a year before that I sent in 10 that looked just like yours and they graded all of them.
Go Figure? >>

Yes, I am bring some in for grading. We shall see how I fair

I will post the trueviews. >>

They have a pot table at long beach for grading. WoW ya I think i saw them geting out of there van.

SeattleSlammer · February 6, 2013 12:58PM

We Washingtonians know nothing about it.

Nice ASEs!

tcmitssr · February 6, 2013 2:01PM

cute

ColonelJessup · February 7, 2013 5:19AM

They let me in wearing my Reefer Madness T-shirt

Play it smart. 2nd floor of the parking garage. No, not the one in the Convention Center. Across the street

edited to add: It is now 1:53 PST and if you knock on the door of room 312 at the Hyatt and say "is Mark there?" the odds are good that..... Bring incense.

Broadstruck · February 7, 2013 5:34AM

<< member Broadstuck and I were discussing this one as it has been obviously defaced and I have always thought it rather curious.

He came up with a theory........It sounds quite plausible, see below......

It could very well have been defaced by a member of the Anti-Tobacco Society >>

Here's another Levick that was immensely defaced removing his name and address.

3sidesofsilver · February 7, 2013 6:07AM

Token collectors did.....they said they had all the fun

don't you mean Tokin' collectors did.....they said they had all the fun?

coinsarefun · February 7, 2013 6:16AM

<< They let me in wearing my Reefer Madness T-shirt

Play it smart. 2nd floor of the parking garage. No, not the one in the Convention Center. Across the street

edited to add: It is now 1:53 PST and if you knock on the door of room 312 at the Hyatt and say "is Mark there?" the odds are good that..... Bring incense.

>>

I parked across the street, knocked and some cross dresser answered the door......what's up with that

ColonelJessup · February 7, 2013 7:06AM

<< 
I parked across the street, knocked and some cross dresser answered the door......what's up with that

>>

Security guard, Malibu

division. Just got off-duty from his day job with LA Sheriff's Vice Squad strolling Hollywood Boulevard

coinsarefun · February 7, 2013 7:23AM

<< 

<< 
I parked across the street, knocked and some cross dresser answered the door......what's up with that

>>

Security guard, Malibu

division. Just got off-duty from his day job with LA Sheriff's Vice Squad strolling Hollywood Boulevard >>

Oh ya......I should have known

ColonelJessup · February 7, 2013 7:52AM

I am now logging off here and onto Youtube to find a video of Randy Newman's "I Love LA".

edited to add:

Back from my audio-visual experience. They even had a Hollywood Blvd hooker bust in the background (one of them forgot to shave

).

And how cool is it that the playlist on this particular YT page has a link to a video of a Cheech and Chong Roast.

I sure hope they allow smoking inside the Long Beach Show.....

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