Not Expensive but Here It Is

Barberian · March 12, 2024 12:32AM

"Junk" silver dollars purchased from recycling aluminum cans.

lilolme · March 12, 2024 1:17PM

@Barberian said:
"Junk" silver dollars purchased from recycling aluminum cans.

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Don't remember recycled cans for me but I do recall collecting 'pop' bottles and returning for the recycling fee. Seems like it was 2c or 3c and then went up to 5c and 10c.... Then there were some that had a few states initials on them.

lilolme · March 29, 2024 4:00PM

Ah, wooden nickels. I had/have a bunch of these but not sure if they are in a ziplock or were trashed. They were mostly ads for companies or shows or similar. I kept a few in the 3 ring binder pages of stuff. The one in the center appears to have an error. I wonder if one can still redeem that Lone Star.

PerryHall · March 29, 2024 4:26PM

Cool! A round TUIT>

braddick · March 29, 2024 4:38PM

Picked this up off of eBay this week at about $25.00

Copperindian · March 30, 2024 9:39AM

If @TomB is right about DGS, I regret selling this one:

braddick · March 30, 2024 11:50AM

I think this is kind of coin related (?)
Pretty ornate yet I don't know much about the maker (Bastian Brothers).
Just thought it was cool.
(Seller's pics)

lilolme · August 15, 2024 5:34PM

Not sure where and when I got this (probably years ago from a relative) but I think it is okay and have it on one of my shelves of stuff/junk.
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lilolme · September 23, 2024 9:34PM

This was only a few dollars over melt. So now an addition to the shelf.
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LeeBone · September 24, 2024 4:37PM

OAKSTAR · September 24, 2024 5:03PM

lilolme · September 24, 2024 7:17PM

@LeeBone I have one of those dimes. But not with the neat card. Right now I don't recall seeing a card.

@OAKSTAR I remember those but dimes I think they were. Interesting the $10.25 bottom center. If a price, then that kind of dates it back some years.

dsessom · September 25, 2024 7:12AM

I recently discovered US fractional notes. Here is a group of ungraded notes I came across for fairly cheap.

Best regards,
Dwayne Sessom

Twobitcollector · September 25, 2024 9:08AM

Bikergeek · September 25, 2024 9:50AM

@fluffy155 said:
Not coins, but here they are:

I went to Zimbabwe in 2016 and was offered a bunch of these hyper-inflation Zim dollar notes. But I didn't know at that time what they called their currency: dollars, pounds, yen, pesos, shekels, I had no clue.

So I finally stopped to talk to one of the guys and pointed at the notes in his hand and asked, "so, what do you call these?" And he looks at me like I'm maybe mildly brain-damaged and says, "Souvenirs." After I got done laughing, I bought one! So now, I'm a multi-billionaire, like @fluffy155!

And like @lilolme says, it's not expensive - but here it is.

CRHer700 · September 26, 2024 7:42PM

@LeeBone said:

Wait, can this get graded as an off metal planchet?

lilolme · January 15, 2025 4:12PM

Got this at a recent show. It is a thin channel section and threaded and can open slightly to insert a dollar.
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At first I put a pocket piece in it. But then decided that was not getting much use. So then put one of my 'iffy' toned dollars in it (okay more than 'iffy'). Put a string through it and now hanging on one of the shelves (full of stuff).
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lilolme · February 3, 2025 1:24PM

I have had several of these for years plus now but don't recall where they came from (gifted probably).
Like that description..... 'covered in pure 24KT gold'.

lilolme · March 11, 2025 8:16PM

Do not recall when this one got handed down but has the fancy case with it.

OAKSTAR · March 11, 2025 8:49PM

Twobitcollector · March 12, 2025 2:27AM

I made a Ron Landis hobo token into a ring

OAKSTAR · March 12, 2025 4:21AM

@Twobitcollector - You made that?

Twobitcollector · March 12, 2025 4:29AM

@OAKSTAR said:
@Twobitcollector - You made that?

@OAKSTAR
Well sort of, I had a few of the hobos, and I purchased a ring blank off Amazon and used epoxy to join them together.

OAKSTAR · March 12, 2025 4:32AM

@Twobitcollector said:

@OAKSTAR said:
@Twobitcollector - You made that?

@OAKSTAR
Well sort of, I had a few of the hobos, and I purchased a ring blank off Amazon and used epoxy to join them together.

Sweet! Very nice! 👍

LeeBone · March 12, 2025 5:03AM

Just came across this from the father of a girl who I went to school with since elementary school. He is moving and is getting rid of most everything. In total I gave him around $540 for the coins and medals he had. All of this stuff had not seen the light of day since the early 1970's. There are 5 Mercs and 5 Roosevelts in here dated between 1941 and 1949. Pretty cool little piece of nostalgia IMO.

braddick · March 12, 2025 5:50PM

MsMorrisine · March 12, 2025 7:29PM

MsMorrisine · March 12, 2025 7:30PM

anything special about the barber and buff?

lilolme · June 13, 2025 5:58PM

A Hobo. Yes it is a modern one. But not Expensive.

Barberian · June 14, 2025 6:08AM

A timeless Dolphins clock. Nice toning at 1 o'clock.

lilolme · June 23, 2025 2:45PM

I am not sure what these are but believe they are fantasy tokens(?).

There are several listings for sale (or sold) for these or similar type pieces to be found and stating something like 'original...'. They are not expensive at least.

I found a Numista listing for one:
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/exonumia134056.html
And it is called an Advertising Medallion
Here is another but not one of the two shown: https://en.numista.com/catalogue/exonumia134054.html

However, I found a couple of 'articles' stating that the "L.A. Stamp" type tokens were fantasy tokens (perhaps a re-do). Apparently L. A. Rubber Stamp company also made original tokens for some. Appears they started in the late 1880's into the 1950's/60's or so (didn't nail that down). So not sure when these might have been produced/made.

About the size of a half dollar and medal turn.

lilolme · August 26, 2025 7:13PM

I recall getting this at Baltimore show several years ago.
Now I kind of think I should have got two or more as I think it is kind of neat.

Barberian · August 28, 2025 12:31AM

@lilolme said:

@Barberian said:
"Junk" silver dollars purchased from recycling aluminum cans.

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Don't remember recycled cans for me but I do recall collecting 'pop' bottles and returning for the recycling fee. Seems like it was 2c or 3c and then went up to 5c and 10c.... Then there were some that had a few states initials on them.

That's how I got started recycling when I was five years old. My friend and I would find pop bottles and then turn them in at a small convenience store for 2 cents apiece to buy candy. That was a sensible era - no pull tab cans, plastic bags, or plastic bottles. Now we trash the environment for customer convenience.

Almost 65 years later, I've become obsessed with recycling, including dumpster diving for cans when I'm not grabbing them along roadways on my recumbent bike. This was a large haul after a long ride.

Twobitcollector · August 28, 2025 2:40AM

Not Expensive but Here It Is

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