User:Kavri/Exonumia
notes...check if I have them already
also check out:
WP:Apotrope
Apotrope (adj.: apotropaic) refers to objects such as amulets and talismans or other symbols intended to "ward off evil" or "avert or combat evil."
Apotropaic magic http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apotropaic_eye
WP:Jewellery - Form and Function
http://www.rembrandtcharms.com/School/charmhistory
WP:Token coin
other to be filed
lucky charms,
good luck pieces,
pentacles,
HUH? redirect from Love-token goes to Thimble Game http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love-token
WP:Coin Collecting
WP:Exonumia
WP:Elongated Coins
The Elongated Collectors part of coin collecting, but exonumia
Elongated coins (so-called because of their shape after they are rolled) are part of what's known as "exonumia" - that is, they fall outside the usual numismatic interests.
History of the Elongated Coin
http://www.tecnews.org/modules.php?name=History http://www.smashingpennies.com/faq's.htm#where http://www.pennycollector.com/history.html (with pics) legality http://www.smashingpennies.com/faq's.htm#legal
1893 World's Fair
http://www.1893columbianexpo.com/ http://www.liss.olm.net/ec/rarities/wce/index.html (1893)
Pressed Penny/Elongated Coins
The Squished Penny Museum http://www.squished.com/index2.html
newsletter from the squished penny museum http://www.squished.org/centinelnew/centinel_excerpts.html
Pressed Penny.com The World's Largest Elongated Coin Store http://www.pressedpenny.com/
Penny Collector.com For the Serious EC Collector http://www.pennycollector.com/
Press-A-Penny (CommercialPenny Press company) http://www.pressapenny.com/
Copper Memories: Manufacturers For the Tourism Industry (CommercialPenny Press company) http://www.coppermemories.com/
My Space site for 'Pressed Penny/Elongated Coin Lovers Anonymous http://groups.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=groups.groupProfile&groupID=103102316&MyToken=df6e7c87-864e-47b3-9bad-65cedd12fc17
Books on EC
Pressed Pennies by Steven Manchester http://www.sunpipermedia.com/PP/pp.html book with title
Scribe and Quill - review of the book 'Pressed Pennies' http://www.scribequill.com/bookreviews/PressedPennies.html
Ration Coins - Rationing
http://www.ameshistoricalsociety.org/exhibits/events/rationing.htm
http://users.pullman.com/fjstevens/tokens/taxinfo.html
tax and ration tokens
Medals
Devotional Medals
Other semi-devotional medalshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Token_coin
Living Waters Store (pressed penny used for Evagelism) http://www.livingwaters.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=238
devotional medal http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10111b.htm
also check out:
ENCASED WHEAT PENNY; GOOD LUCK TOKEN COIN 1950 WHEAT PENNY GOOD LUCK STORE
NICE VINTAGE HORSESHOE SHAPED ENCASED 1949 WHEAT CENT. THE OBVERSE SAYS, "KEEP ME AND NEVER GO BROKE" AND THE REVERSE SAYS, "OHIO HOSPITALIZATION AGENCY PHONE EM 6227 205-7 COMMERCE BLDG TOLEDO, OHIO." IN EXCELLENT CONDITION.
1939 NEW YORK'S WORLD'S FAIR ENCASED WHEAT PENNY - STORK CLUB
sky?der shoes for boys:Keep Me & Never Go Broke Good Luck TOKEN Wheat Penny 46
also? http://www.hyw.com/Books/History/Medi0015.htm TAWDRY- On the Feast of St. Audrey it was common to give as gifts little trinkets --religious medallions, charms, and such-- of no great value. As a result, the phrase "a St. Audrey" came to mean something cheap, which eventually, became "tawdry."